The allies had also overestimated the ability of their warplanes to destroy important Iraqi bridges with unguided bombs.
For it up to 8 500 kg unguided bombs could be carried.
The 81,980 tons of unguided bombs had an accuracy rating of only about 25 percent.
These structures were so big that unguided bombs dropped by F-16s, even though less accurate, could hit them with a fair probability of success.
On the ground, an unguided bomb is fitted with a "Spice" guidance kit.
So they dropped three unguided bombs at the tent complex the Serbs were using as a command post.
In reality, the effectiveness of the weapons, though much better than that of unguided bombs, was not as great as the public believed.
The most likely delivery would be through the use of unguided, free-falling nuclear bombs.
Carpet bombing is usually achieved by dropping many unguided bombs.
It also has F-16's that can drop unguided bombs and A-10 ground-attack planes.