A MOVING SITUATION

USAF officials at Eglin AFB, Fla., have redirected a falling bomb to hit within 25 ft. of a moving ground target. Late last month a 1-ton, inert JDAM--modified by adding a data link--was launched by an F-16 flying at 20,000 ft. and 5.3 naut. mi. from the target, which was the second vehicle in a...

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