The US military publicly humiliated the Russian army, and their missiles were not accurate at all. Also on May 4, Pentagon spokesman Kirby publicly humiliated Russia at a press conference. He said: The Russian missiles are not accurate at all and have exposed their fatal weakness

The US military publicly humiliated the Russian army, and their missiles were not accurate at all. On May 8, the Russian army used high-precision long-range weapons to attack the Amur Bridge in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. However, the Russian attack did not seem to destroy the bridge. The Russian army also attacked the bridge near Odessa before, but it was hit but not destroyed.

The Amur Bridge is a two-story road and railway across the Dnieper River . It is 1,500 meters long and was once the longest bridge in Europe. This bridge is so strong that the Russian army used missiles to hit it three times but could not destroy it.

Also on May 4, Pentagon spokesman Kirby publicly humiliated Russia at a press conference. He said: The Russians missiles are not accurate at all, exposing their fatal weaknesses.

Recently, the Russian army launched multiple Iskander ballistic missiles and Kalibr cruise missiles from sea and land against Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Lviv and other areas of Ukraine. These missile attacks The missiles hit many important communications institutions, railway hubs and substation facilities in Ukraine, causing temporary suspension of operations at many railway stations in Ukraine. Some of the missiles also hit Ukraine's weapons depots, destroying some weapons aided by the West.

However, the Ukrainian side quickly repaired the above-mentioned missile-bombed facilities. The Russian army's intention of using missile bombing to prevent Western-assisted weapons from reaching the designated location in Ukraine in time was not realized. Now Ukraine's transportation and wartime logistics are very smooth, and the channels for distributing NATO weapons have not been affected. Even several important bridges in Ukraine that the Russian army used missiles to attack were quickly repaired, and very few bridges were completely destroyed.

Due to the delay in gaining control of the air in Ukraine, the Russian army can only use expensive cruise missiles in areas separated from the Russian-occupied areas, but the effect does not seem to be good. Western military aid is still being sent to the Ukrainian army in a steady stream. Most of Ukraine's railways and roads are still in operation. In addition to the poor accuracy of missile weapons, the lack of high-precision intelligence information is also an important reason.

There is another little-known reason. Bridges are the most difficult target to bomb successfully. They have been a headache for the air forces of various countries since and World War II. So does the U.S. military.

Because bombing a bridge requires hitting the load-bearing point very accurately. In the past, it was a difficult task to use bombers and attack aircraft to drop ordinary aerial bombs to blow up bridges.

During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, American pilots believed that bombing bridges was a very difficult task. The main reason was that it was difficult for bombers' bombs to directly hit the bridges, and even if they deviated slightly, they would not be effective. Anti-aircraft guns of various calibers and a large amount of anti-aircraft firepower were also deployed around them. Traps form a tight fire network at a height of about 1,000 to 3,000 meters.

In the Vietnam War , if the US military wanted to blow up an important bridge, it would require thousands of bombing sorties. For example, the Du Mui Bridge, located in the middle of northern Vietnam, is a traffic hub connecting the north and south of Vietnam. This reinforced concrete bridge was designed by the famous French bridge designer Paul Du Mui. It was the largest bridge in Vietnam at the time. . In order to blow up the bridge, the US military launched more than 1,000 sorties of fighter jets and bombers, bombing the bridge as many as 60 times.

At the beginning, the Americans put the first practical guided bomb White Star Eye TV guided bomb into combat. Stimulated by the AGM-62A "White Eye Star" TV-guided bomb that the United States used extensively in the war of aggression against Vietnam starting in 1967. The White-Eye Star bomb is a low-cost TV-guided bomb developed by the United States in the 1960s. The warhead of the missile It consists of a 1,000-pound MK83 low-drag general aviation bomb, equipped with a TV seeker, a wing control device and a signal data transmission device installed on the tail of the bomb. 9,000 White Eye TV guided bombs were produced in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Baiyanxing TV-guided bombs were used in the important combat operations of bombing Thanh Hoa Bridge and Do Mui Bridge in Vietnam in 1969. However, due to the limitations of technical conditions at that time, the hit accuracy of TV-guided bombs was not high enough. By 1972, the Americans finally had enough patience and decided to use the latest weapon to completely solve these damn bridges.

On May 11, 1972, the US military sent a fleet of F-4 "Phantom" fighter-bombers to visit the Dume Bridge again. The US military fleet carried 48 227 kg traditional bombs, 15 907 kg and 9 1360 kg "jewels" "Road" laser-guided bomb. This time, nine consecutive "Paveway" laser-guided bombs accurately hit the same location of the Qinghua Bridge, completely destroying the bridge.

The Thanh Hoa Bridge in Vietnam remained standing despite being bombed by the US military for seven years. May 13th ushered in "bad luck". The US military used an fighter-bomber to illuminate the Thanh Hoa Bridge, and then eight F-4 "Phantom" fighter-bombers dropped 26 "Paveway" laser-guided bombs. Afterwards, the U.S. Air Force's combat diary wrote: "The western section of the bridge completely broke off from the 40-foot concrete abutment. The superstructure of the bridge was completely deformed and twisted, and rail traffic will be impassable in the next few months."

Yes , the most ideal ammunition for attacking bridges is actually the laser guided bomb . Even with the satellite-guided ballistic missiles and precision-guided weapons , it is not easy to blow up the bridge. Because the accuracy of approximately CEP=10 meters for tactical ballistic missiles and satellite-guided bombs is not enough to hit the key structures of the bridge with one hit. Among all current precision-guided munitions, laser-guided bombs still have the highest terminal accuracy, which can reach the level of CEP=1 to 2 meters. This is one of the reasons why our Air Force prefers laser-guided bombs.