precision bombing

American  

noun

1. aerial bombing in which bombs are dropped, as accurately as possible, on a specific, usually small, target.

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Etymology

Origin of precision bombing

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

He witnessed an air display by an F-35 aircraft, which conducts the precision bombing role similar to that carried out by the Lancaster aircraft he flew during the war.

From BBC

How a strategy to reduce bloodshed with precision bombing in World War II was thwarted by military leaders.

From Washington Post

He tells the World War II story of a small band of idealistic strategists, the “Bomber Mafia,” who asked: What if precision bombing could weaken the enemy and make war far less lethal?

From Seattle Times

“We hear all the time about precision bombing. But civilians are still getting killed,” said Hamit Dardagan, co-founder of Iraq Body Count, which has been tracking civilian casualties since the 2003 U.S. invasion.

From Washington Post

Eaker asked his protege, Haywood Hansell, to propose how to validate high-altitude, daytime precision bombing, leading, in August 1943, to U.S. planes attacking industrial plants in Schweinfurt and Regensburg in Bavaria.

From Washington Post