The Biden administration in recent days quietly authorized the transfer of billions of dollars in bombs and fighter jets to Israel despite Washington’s concerns about an anticipated military offensive in southern Gaza that could threaten the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians.
The new arms packages include more than 1,800 MK84 2,000-pound bombs and 500 MK82 500-pound bombs, according to Pentagon and State Department officials familiar with the matter. The 2,000 pound bombs have been linked to previous mass-casualty events throughout Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. These officials, like some others, spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because recent authorizations have not been disclosed publicly.
The 2,000 pound bombs, capable of leveling city blocks and leaving craters in the earth 40 feet across and larger, are almost never used anymore by Western militaries in densely populated locations due to the risk of civilian casualties.
This is more kt worth of explosives than what I have virtually dropped in over 2000 hours of war thunder mixed battles over 5 years
spoiler
= 3,850,000 lbs of ordnance being sent to Israel
My most common WT CAS load out: F-86-25 with 2x 1,000lbs AN-M65A1s = 2,000lbs total per flight
Total ground targets destroyed = 1683
Assuming worst efficiency of each 2,000 lbs load only destroying one target,
1683 * 2,000 = 3,366,000 lbs of videogame ordnance dropped in 2000 hours of gameplay
Yeah this is totally fine
It’s apparently a lot more than a Western nation would drop on a built up area.