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But precision bombing was the fundamental engineering challenge of WWII. And the US did solve it, twice. Sort of.
BF Skinner's pigeon guided missiles were the first way, they were crazy effective. They were just too weird for everyone.
Giant irradiating bombs that don't need any precision struck everyone as a much more sensible approach, so we went with that instead.
I think the last 70 years or so would have been better if we'd gone the pigeon route.
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But precision bombing was the fundamental engineering challenge of WWII. And the US did solve it, twice. Sort of.
BF Skinner's pigeon guided missiles were the first way, they were crazy effective. They were just too weird for everyone.
Giant irradiating bombs that don't need any precision struck everyone as a much more sensible approach, so we went with that instead.
I think the last 70 years or so would have been better if we'd gone the pigeon route.