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Take a look at the picture text. It says "ordinance" - not ordnance, which is the correct word.--JRed July 7, 2005 16:32 (UTC)

Does anyone know who so very rudely put the farting comment in the first sentence? I edited it out. Secos5 17:27, 11 April 2006 (UTC) Correction: IP address 67.189.164.148 was responsible. Secos5 17:30, 11 April 2006 (UTC)aaaa

Contents 1 Stylized graphic 2 Bomb guidance 3 History 4 Pronunciation?

[edit] Stylized graphic

What is the origin of the familiar stylized graphic of a black ball with a wick? Shane is cool [1], for example. — Omegatron 01:24, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

That's what the first hand grenades were. Kafziel 17:18, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bomb guidance

There should be a section (at least) on the guidance of dropped bombs and especially modern methods, e.g. laser-guided or "smart" bombs. There are even better targeting methods available today.

Sorry, missed link to Precision-guided munition... -Wfaxon 08:30, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Has anyone ever tried outfitting artillery shells with advanced bomb-like guidance, with targeting done by spotter planes? Without ordnance the planes can stick around longer and artillery shells are supposedly faster even than missles. -Wfaxon 00:13, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

Can someone please add a history section?

Can someone please add a history section that's not anti-Japanese propaganda? Japanese air attacks against Chongquing are repeatedly condemned as atrocities and mass murder when they caused something like half the number of casualties over -four years- as the RAF inflicted (conservatively) in two days over Dresden. More people in Chongquing probably died from traffic accidents. Kensai Max 15:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

The "bombing" section, on reflection, doesn't belong in an encyclopedic page about the explosive devices themselves, especially given that it largely deals with strategic bombardment from the air and not other uses of explosives in warfare for... just about everything. A link to Strategic Bombing would be more appropriate. I'm deleting the section and adding the link under "see also". Kensai Max 18:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Pronunciation?

The pronunciation of the word was added which is harmless and completely intelligible, and was considered vandalism. Is pronunciation considered vandalism?

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Hey there. I reverted the post in question for a few different reasons:

1. There was no edit summary, and at a quick glance appears to be jibberish.
2. It was not written in a standard pronunciation form, but in IPA phoenetics (which is less commonly used these days).
3. I did not believe that a phoenetical pronunciation was needed for a simple, common four letter word.
4. The author that added the phoenetics to the article had four previous warnings issued by other editors and bots, therefore by common sense, the user's change appeared to be nonsense also.

Chrisch 03:29, 28 December 2006 (UTC)