Meet the New War, Same as the Old War

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77. Did you do any research on 'smart bombs' ?

From the entire article...

but here's a pro tip: "smart" bombs are not smart. They require troops on the ground to lase the intended targets, so the guidance systems on the bombs can find them. President Obama himself said on Wednesday night that some 150 airstrikes had been carried out against ISIS, ISIL or IS, whatever you want to call them. One assumes the US Special Forces troops hiding in a bush with the laser guidance apparatus wore boots while they augured the munitions in.

I'm not a weapons expert or anything close, but I believe what you're referring to is old technology.

"The preeminent smart-bomb technology of the day is Boeing's JDAM, which stands for Joint Direct Attack Munition... The JDAM "tail kit" includes adjustable tail fins, a control computer, an inertial guidance system and a GPS receiver. Both the GPS receiver and the inertial guidance system allow the bomb to locate itself in space. The GPS receiver figures out its position by interpreting GPS satellite signals while the inertial guidance system monitors the bomb's movements, tracking its path from its launch position...

This system works fine even in bad weather, because the JDAM gets all its information from satellite signals, which aren't blocked by cloud cover or obstacles. The bomb doesn't have to see anything at all to find its way to the target. "

http://science.howstuffworks.com/smart-bomb2.htm