It is the only military firing range in the U.K. where aircraft are allowed to deliver 1000-pound bombs.
The only thing the Tersae were good for - in this particular context - was delivering bullets and bombs.
No one doubts its ability to evade detection and deliver nuclear or conventional bombs over great distances.
The Bush Administration is concerned that the rockets could also be used to deliver bombs.
Bomber, a military aircraft that delivers bombs or other explosives:
"You mean we should make wooden flyers to deliver bombs?"
Some units had been trained to deliver tactical nuclear weapons, not conventional bombs and bullets.
Again the problem of delivering bombs accurately without losing planes seemed to defy solution.
Besides, most terrorists would just as soon blow up a bus station as a Federal building - and they deliver bombs by car, not plane.