Poor island and it's wildlife.

I was really hoping to see someone in a cowboy hat riding one out of the plane.

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Do we still practice carpet bombing mainly for nostalgia?

I can't see why we are still bothering with that technology and that island unless it's because it's very expensive and those bombs cost a lot, too.

I won't defend the costs of military operations nor can I stand the senseless death that war brings. However, separate from my moral and ethical repulsion, I can see the strategic value of carpet bombing, even in modern warfare

If you want to destroy one building, or take out one person, then precision missiles are perfect. However, if you want to take out a sprawling arms manufacturing complex, they would be cost-ineffective. However, accurately dropped "dumb" bombs are cheap and effective.

Russia used carpet bombing to destroy the port of Poti during the 2008 South Ossetia war.

> Do we still practice carpet bombing mainly for nostalgia?

it's mostly for generating sales

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