THE 1991 AIR WAR over Iraq introduced Americans to the wonders of precision-guided munitions. Who can forget the “slam-cam” footage of television- or laser-guided bombs homing in on a targeted air duct on a specific building in the middle of downtown Baghdad–announcing its bull’s-eye hit with the crackle and fuzz of sudden static?
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