The beauty of high-precision weapons: American missiles and bombs in spectacular photos “in the second before”

Hellfire, Tomahawk and company in a “photo report” from The War Zone

“It’s been a tough week,” says Tyler Rogoway, author of The War Zone, and offers us a great selection of different bombs and missiles the second before they destroy everything around and turn the target into fire and debris.

“I’ve always thought that the images of the ‘most final’ moments of testing different missiles or bombs (usually high-speed cameras) are very fascinating. Most people just don’t realize how many high-precision weapons there are in the world. Given the size of this weapon, it has a truly impressive accuracy,” says the author of the photo collection.

Let’s not waste time – and enjoy.

Source: defence-ua.com

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