Firing accuracy does not reduce a strike’s impact radius

Evidence

A laser-guided strike is extremely precise in terms of firing accuracy: the ballistic device explodes at the exact spot designated. But that does not mean that its impact is necessarily reduced. Everything depends on the “kill radius” of the projectile, that is to say the perimeter of the explosion. A strike may be completely precise in the first sense but not in the least precise in the second sense. There is a crucial difference between hitting the target and hitting only the target. — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 469

Categorization

• DEFINE: Distinguishes three senses of ‘precision’: firing accuracy, impact extent, and identification adequacy.
• XREF: connects to: Weapon precision cannot improve the adequacy of target identification.; Proponents conflate firing accuracy with impact extent and target identification; Precision of a strike says nothing about target discrimination — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 474

Related

• Proponents conflate firing accuracy with impact extent and target identification (similarity 0.93)
• Weapon precision cannot improve the adequacy of target identification. (similarity 0.90)
• Precision of a strike says nothing about target discrimination (similarity 0.88)