HOW smart are the US military’s smart bombs? Can they, for example, count?
The question is prompted by the observation back in August 2008 on a blog called “Moon of Alabama” that “around the Hindu Kush, 30 is a magic number”. The writer found it surprising how many reports of people – whether Taliban or civilians – being killed in Afghanistan put the death toll at 30. So what’s going on? Are the missiles and drones counting, then ceasing fire?
Marc Abrahams alerts us to a theory about the magic 30 proposed by Megan Carpentier of Air America. Carpentier documents multiple bloggers’…
