Friday, January 11, 2008

Someone's Changing the Figures

This NYTimes article uses a figure that's unusual: 40,000 pounds of bombs. It sounds a lot more impressive than 20 tons, which is a third of a load for a B-52. "Tons" is, I think, the standard for bomb measurement (i.e., "tonnage"). Was that the AF press release, trying to amp their contribution to the war, or the Times writer?

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