it supposedly was shrapnel munition, so you want to hit closeby but not necessarily on the target. But the bomb went through the hole and exploded in the canal under the street which is what saved his life. I see no reason to give an IOF stormtrooper the benefit of the doubt. They wanted to kill him, but accidentaly bungled it simple as.
It’s in the exact same spot as a previous strike. It’s called a “double tap” attack, and it’s a war crime.
The guy only survived because the bomb went off inside the crater from a previous strike, he would’ve been turned into powder if that had exploded in the surface.
To a degree it is, but target selection is (or should be - there are reports of the IDF using AI to designate targets, which is a whole nother omnishambles) done by human hand. If there is a group of people inside the lethality radius of your bomb, then you are designating them as targets.
Not sure I understood exactly what you’re asking?
I think it was a paveway according to other comments here. Big and heavy, not accurate to the meter, not modern.
Targeting is less important than the weapons technology. Incredibly advanced targeting algorithms still won’t steer a big dumb jobbie from the 1970s any faster under changing wind conditions, for example.
The one I responded to assumed he was missed on purpose, I don’t argue he was not targeted, I argue it’s practically impossible to miss him by so little on purpose and not make him die in the explosion at the same time
Valid. I also heard that they didn’t really target him, they targeted his truck, but still, you target anything near people, and they are at great risk of shrapnel injuries if you don’t get entirely blown up, and reportedly this journalist was injured by shrapnel. I don’t know how he could have avoided it by anything but sheer luck.
Does it maybe seem like the pilot intentionally missed, though–disobeying orders? Isn’t this like missing an ant?
it supposedly was shrapnel munition, so you want to hit closeby but not necessarily on the target. But the bomb went through the hole and exploded in the canal under the street which is what saved his life. I see no reason to give an IOF stormtrooper the benefit of the doubt. They wanted to kill him, but accidentaly bungled it simple as.
It’s in the exact same spot as a previous strike. It’s called a “double tap” attack, and it’s a war crime.
The guy only survived because the bomb went off inside the crater from a previous strike, he would’ve been turned into powder if that had exploded in the surface.
Right, but how do you screw that up? Isn’t targeting computer controlled, or no?
To a degree it is, but target selection is (or should be - there are reports of the IDF using AI to designate targets, which is a whole nother omnishambles) done by human hand. If there is a group of people inside the lethality radius of your bomb, then you are designating them as targets.
Not sure I understood exactly what you’re asking?
I’m asking how you miss like 2 or 3 people with a damn missile and modern targeting.
I think it was a paveway according to other comments here. Big and heavy, not accurate to the meter, not modern. Targeting is less important than the weapons technology. Incredibly advanced targeting algorithms still won’t steer a big dumb jobbie from the 1970s any faster under changing wind conditions, for example.
If you mean missing an ant with a gun, then maybe. But it doesn’t look deliberate, and the explosion could have killed them anyway
They can target specific buildings in a group. They put that bomb exactly where they wanted to. He was targeted.
The one I responded to assumed he was missed on purpose, I don’t argue he was not targeted, I argue it’s practically impossible to miss him by so little on purpose and not make him die in the explosion at the same time
Valid. I also heard that they didn’t really target him, they targeted his truck, but still, you target anything near people, and they are at great risk of shrapnel injuries if you don’t get entirely blown up, and reportedly this journalist was injured by shrapnel. I don’t know how he could have avoided it by anything but sheer luck.