Air strikes continue to be the major part of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza and there is no sign of that changing.
Overnight Israel's military said about 100 jets ‘dropped hundreds of weapons and destroyed hundreds of targets'.
The Israeli Air Force release frequent social media posts showing aircraft used in this war, mostly US-built F-16s (the jets Ukrainian pilots are currently being trained on) plus F-15C Eagles and F-15E Strike Eagles - all loaded with a variety of weapons.
These include precision-guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs) which are ‘regular’ free-fall bombs converted to smart weapons with a bolt-on kit that directs the bomb to target, mostly using GPS/INS navigation. These are accurate to within a few metres.
Generally, these types of weapons can be pre-loaded with target co-ordinates and each JDAM on the aircraft is capable of hitting a different target. So in one mission, four JDAMs from one jet could hit four different locations. Other forms of smart weapons are likely to be used too.
We have also seen jets with what looks like targeting pods loaded. These allow pilots to find or see new targets in flight - and direct the ‘smart’ weapons to them during the mission, if required.
The Israeli military never say what specific weapons are used on any particular target, but it is likely that the weapons on aircraft we see in pictures and videos released by the Israeli military are the weapons they use in strikes.
Source: BBC
