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2088088
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Exército
Órgão
EsPCEx
Ano
2016
Provas
Disciplina
Inglês
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            Operation Desert Storm Was Not Won By Smart Weaponry Alone

      Technology has long been a deciding factor on the battlefield, from powerful artillery to new weaponry to innovations in the seas and the skies. Twenty-five years ago, it was no different, as the United States and its allies proved overwhelmingly successful in the Persian Gulf War. A coalition of U.S. Army Apache attack helicopters, cruise missiles from naval vessels, and Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk “stealth fighters” soundly broke through Saddam Hussein’s army defenses in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, which became known as the “100-hour war”.

      But for all the possibilities that this “Computer War” offered, Operation Desert Storm was not won by smart weaponry, alone. Despite the “science fiction”-like technology deployed, 90 percent of the pieces of ammunition used in Desert Storm were actually “dumb weapons”. The bombs, which weren’t guided by lasers or satellites, were lucky to get within half a kilometer of their targets after they were dumped from planes. While dumb bombs might not have been exciting enough to make the headlines during the attack, they were cheaper to produce and could be counted on to work. But frequency of use doesn’t change why history will remember Desert Storm for its smart weapons, rather than its dumb ones.

Adapted from http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ operation-desert-storm-was-not-won-smart-weaponry-alone- 180957879/

According to the text, “dumb weapons” (paragraph 2) were

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  • De acordo com o texto, "armas bobas" (parágrafo  2) eram

    A) bombas que não podiam alcançar  nenhum avião da coalizão.
    B) bombas que eram "ficção científica" -como alvos.
    C) bombas que não eram guiadas por laser ou satélites.
    D) bombas que ficaram conhecidas como armamento inteligente.
    E) bombas que eram emocionantes o suficiente para as manchetes.
    Ao contrário das bombas inteligentes, também conhecidas como bombas de precisão que eram guiadas por laser e satélite, as "dumb bombs" ( bombas bobas), não eram guiadas por satélite.

    Gabarito: Alternativa  C.

  • (C)

    But for all the possibilities that this “Computer War” offered, Operation Desert Storm was not won by smart weaponry, alone. Despite the “science fiction”-like technology deployed, 90 percent of the pieces of ammunition used in Desert Storm were actually “dumb weapons”. The bombs, which weren’t guided by lasers or satellites, were lucky to get within half a kilometer of their targets after they were dumped from planes.

    Tradução-->Mas, apesar de todas as possibilidades que essa "Guerra dos computadores" oferecia, a Operação Tempestade no Deserto não foi vencida apenas por armas inteligentes. Apesar da tecnologia semelhante à "ficção científica" empregada, 90% das peças de munição usadas na Tempestade no Deserto eram na verdade "armas estúpidas". As bombas, que não foram guiadas por lasers ou satélites, tiveram a sorte de chegar a meio quilômetro de seus alvos depois de serem despejadas de aviões.

  • [C] bombs that weren’t guided by lasers or satellites. = bombas que não eram guiadas por lasers ou satélites.

    Despite the “science fiction”-like technology deployed, 90 percent of the pieces of ammunition used in Desert Storm were actually “dumb weapons”.

    Apesar da tecnologia de "ficção científica" - como a tecnologia implantada, 90 por cento das peças de munição usadas na Tempestade no Deserto eram realmente "armas burras" (armas não-guiadas).

    Dumb weapons = armas não-guiadas, armas burras.

    Smart weapon = arma inteligente, arma guiada para atingir precisamente um alvo específico;

    As armas não-guiadas mencionadas no texto eram bombas que não eram guiadas por lasers ou satélites.

    LETRA C