gravity bomb

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Noun1.gravity bomb - a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target
dumb bomb
bomb - an explosive device fused to explode under specific conditions
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"But any weapon that is guided by laser or infra-red beams is deflected by clouds, so if you try and use a laser-guided weapon through clouds what you have is a simple, unguided bomb, and therefore you risk civilian casualties."
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The unguided bomb would have been dropped from an aircraft during the conflict in the 1970s.
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A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active laser guidance to strike a designated target with greater accuracy in comparison to an unguided bomb.
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Guided bombs could do more damage than hundreds of unguided bombs exploding in the area around a target.
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