COLLEEN MCEDWARDS, CNN ANCHOR: U.S. and British warplanes hit several Iraqi radar and missile targets last week. But as we hear from CNN's military affairs correspondence Jamie McIntyre, some of the Navy's missiles didn't work as expected.</s>JAMIE MCINTYRE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The Navy is a little disappointed in one of its new smart weapons that turned out to be a little directionally challenged in Friday's attack on Iraq. Of the more than two dozen Jaysau (ph) standoff weapons that were dropped from F18s from high altitude from as far away as 40 or 50 miles, roughly half missed their aim points although not by much. More than half of the 20 radars targeted were undamaged, although two other standoff weapons used by the Navy and the Air Force proved deadly accurate, hitting critical communications nodes. The Navy says because the satellite-guided bombs all seemed to miss by the same, small amount, they suspect that GPS coordinates might have been entered incorrectly. Garbage in, garbage out, as on official said. (on camera): As for re-striking those missed targets, one senior Pentagon official said, We've sent our message. Jamie McIntyre, CNN, the Pentagon.
Airstrike Against Iraq: Navy's New Weapons Turned Out Directionally Challenged