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by sandworm101 3224 days ago
In missle theory greater accuracy means having to fire fewer and smaller warheads to destroy a target. So greater accuracy probably means fewer civilians hit in a given exchange. But then MAD theory suggests such reductions could result in a greater willingness to start a war.
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"Worker's housing" has been an explicit objective of strategic bombing campaigns since WWII. "Worker's housing" as in "obliterate the enemy's civilian population centers".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_bombing_during_World...