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minimum-altitude bombing

 
Sci-Tech Dictionary: minimum-altitude bombing
(′min·ə·məm ¦al·tə′tüd ′bäm·iŋ)

(ordnance) Horizontal or glide bombing with the height of release at an altitude under 900 feet (274 meters); it includes masthead bombing (bombing at masthead level), which is sometimes erroneously referred to as skip bombing.


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Horizontal or glide bombing with the height of release under 900 feet.

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