# Norton bombsight **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 10, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-bombsight/147682 "2003-01-10T04:25:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-bombsight/147682/21 "2003-01-11T18:53:15Z")
Today’s laser guided weapons, are only one end of the spectrum that has improved since WWII. Did you see the AC-130 video in the news recently? All of those weapon systems are fantastic in their ability and technology. But… They mentioned in the video, that one of the buildings was a mosque. How did they know that? Someone had been watching that compound for a long time to figure out that it was a mosque, or someone had been there. Hence there is another side of the current war that must have improved as well. The side of intelligence gathering, or spying. Anyway, maybe I am just thinking out lound, but we probably have the best intelligence gatherers, and these guys are much better than they were in WWII also. ---
**Author:** ![Ficer67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c57346/32.png) [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-bombsight/147682/22 "2003-01-11T18:53:23Z")
Today’s laser guided weapons, are only one end of the spectrum that has improved since WWII. Did you see the AC-130 video in the news recently? All of those weapon systems are fantastic in their ability and technology. But… They mentioned in the video, that one of the buildings was a mosque. How did they know that? Someone had been watching that compound for a long time to figure out that it was a mosque, or someone had been there. Hence there is another side of the current war that must have improved as well. The side of intelligence gathering, or spying. Anyway, maybe I am just thinking out lound, but we probably have the best intelligence gatherers, and these guys are much better than they were in WWII also. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/norton-bombsight/147682.md?page=1)