toss bombing

toss bombing

[′tȯs ‚bäm·iŋ]

(ordnance)

A method of bombing where an aircraft flies on a line toward the target, pulls up in a vertical plane, releasing the bomb at an angle that will compensate for the effect of gravity drop on the bomb.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

toss bombing

A method of bombing where an aircraft flies on a line toward the target, pulls up in a vertical plane, and releases the bomb at an angle that will compensate for the effect of the gravity drop on the bomb.

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