• InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Serious question: I have no idea what a glide bomb is. What/how is it used and why is it important? I stopped following that war.

    I tried to read the Wiki page but halfway through the first paragraph - I started to get a migraine.

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    Edit: answered.

    • Babs [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      8 months ago

      Regular bomb: dumb and unguided, falls downwards, needs to be dropped on top of an enemy that’s probably trying to prevent you from getting into position to do so.

      Glide bomb: cool wings and rudders and stuff, glides horizontal and pretends to be a cruise missile, can be dropped from safe a distance away where nobody can shoot back.