Would it be possible to make a war game with planes like we have now. I mean they go so fast you couldn''t even bomb athing unless you had alot of practice. Everything would be a blur. But is it possible? What could you do to solve these problems as much as you can?

What? If you couldn''t bomb things from planes that go as fast as modern bombers do, then we wouldn''t be able to bomb things from modern bombers, and we certainly do that.

Remember that at the altitudes from which bombs are dropped, the ground doesn''t blur past at high speeds. When you look down from an airliner, you see the ground sliding lazily by. That gives you all kinds of time to identify and prepare for your target, and put dumb-drop bombs right in the pickle barrel.

More modern sighting systems, "smart" bombs and target designation systems make it a breeze for bombardiers to deliver their weapons. Problems arise in the fields of intelligence and planning, but the art of dropping bombs toward a target is as precise as it can be.

I''m not sure what speeds bombers travel at as they deliver their payloads, but I doubt they''re cruising at supersonic speeds. It takes training and practice, but it''s far from impossible to bomb accurately with modern aircraft.

ok.

Slightly off topic, but I seem to recall the US bombers being very successful at hitting the building with the big red cross on the roof in a war a little while back...

Back on topic: the general idea with a bomber is to avoid getting hit by ground fire - two techniques are used - high speed at near ground level, or high altitude. If you''re going at Mach 2 or more, more or less directly towards a target, the bombs won''t have all that much time to diverge from straight line travel before impact. After all, hitting a building has got to be easier than bullseyeing womp rats... (guess which well known movie was on TV here this evening) and modern targetting devices are going to be at least as good as the X-Wing targetting computer (provided the target has been appropriately IDed)

ok guys thanks. I was thinking of a game idea that took place in the near future. So the planes and tanks were slightly advanced.

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ok guys thanks. I was thinking of a game idea that took place in the near future. So the planes and tanks were slightly advanced.

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A warplane that can''t hit its targets would not be much of an advancement, would it?

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Original post by M4dHatter
ok guys thanks. I was thinking of a game idea that took place in the near future. So the planes and tanks were slightly advanced.

A warplane that can''t hit its targets would not be much of an advancement, would it?

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Sounds like something the US military might go for though...

can it rmsgrey. >:-|

Yes, modern warplanes can and do go really fast.
Thats the function of the computer, if I''m not mistaken- you set the data for the bomb/missile and when the data matches up with the real-time data it launches.

~V''lion


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can it rmsgrey. >:-|

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No kidding. What are you trying to say rmsgrey? Are you saying that the US military attacks civilian targets on purpose? If you believe that, you are an idiot. I love it when people criticize the accuracy of US airstrikes. US warplanes fly thousands of missions during any given war, and are extremely accurate 99% of the time. It is unfortunate that the bombs miss once or twice per thousand airstrikes, but it is a fact of war. So get a life and stop trolling this thread.

-Mike


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It is unfortunate that the bombs miss once or twice per thousand airstrikes, but it is a fact of war. So get a life and stop trolling this thread.

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With intelegence and technology as advanced as American''s it shouldn''t happen at all. Dropping a bomb is not a joke.

Besides who called them to be the policeman of the world.