1.   But supporters have contended that fighter jets are not always available to protect ground troops and that artillery can outperform many kinds of precision guided bombs in bad weather.

2.   Most of the missions flown prior to Tuesday night, Wilby said, were carried out from greater distances using guided bombs and missiles.

3.   The Pentagon released camera footage shot from aircraft showing a line of Afghan planes and a surface-to-air-missile battery being obliterated by guided bombs.

4.   Those budget plans have put readiness and maintenance of existing forces above the acquisition of a new generation of tanks, aircraft and advanced guided bombs and missiles.

5.   Similar to guided bombs, these also have a propulsion system that carries them to their targets, meaning they can be launched from farther away.

6.   The military has several different kinds of missiles and guided bombs.

7.   While the Pentagon showed video tapes of the bombs landing exactly on target, the guided bombs represented only a small percentage of all explosives dropped on Iraq.

8.   Six US warplanes dropped laser guided bombs on the Serb position.