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JDAM's are a lot cheaper. They are a guidance kit bolted on to a MK-82 gravity bomb. There are a lot of MK-82's in stock, as they have been made since the 1940's.

Problem is you put a crew and an expensive airplane at risk.

We are out of missiles because the current administration wants to minimize combat losses. Looking at the dollar cost; it seems like a bad idea. But is this war worth any of our soldiers / sailors / airman ? (no)

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Also, you can jam JDAM (GPS) guidance. The Russians are masters at jamming and I'm fairly confident they've shared some systems with Iran.
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The issue is restraint, an all out bombing campaign with no regard for civilians or international condemnation would do the job in a month
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I think it takes a wilful ignorance of the history of industrialised warfare to believe this.
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