Some in the Air Ministry argued that the bombing technology was not accurate and as a result of this precision attacks could not be undertaken.
Harris, however, was reluctant to divert forces for precision attacks.
Low-level precision attacks would knock out the railway.
"We launched a precision attack," General Harel said at the briefing.
However, precision attacks still proved difficult or impossible.
In spite of abandoning precision attacks, accuracy nevertheless improved.
The pictures of precision attacks provide only anecdotal evidence of effectiveness.
The Popeye is designed for precision attack against large targets from stand off ranges.
So the perfect moment for a precision attack would be right now, before blowing the building to bits could spread nuclear material across the countryside.
The first Gulf War showed how radically precision attack had transformed the traditional notion of running a military campaign and, especially, an air campaign.