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"This [Afghanistan] is by far the most accurate bombing campaign ever," said
military analyst Loren Thompson of the Lexington Institute. "What the Air
Force and Navy are doing today with smart bombs is the realization of a
dream."
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Origin of term "smart bomb"?
Dark Star – Director John Carpenter
Four strange astronauts on the spaced-out spaceship Dark Star believe their
mission is to find and destroy unstable planets. Their hightech weapons of
destruction cause problems when a "smart" bomb that was launched accidentally
gets lodged in the bomb bay and one of the astronauts must "convince" it to
drop. A true cult Sci-fi classic!
83 minutes, Color, Rated G, 1974
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First occurence of "smart bomb" on usenet:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&selm
I have a dream: One Bomb, One Target!
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