pinpoint accuracy

pinpoint accuracy

Extreme exactness. This somewhat hyperbolic term arose toward the end of World War II, when it was used first to describe extremely precise bombing of specific targets. Obviously a bomb could not really hit the point of a pin, but the description held. Later it was extended to other weaponry, and finally came into generalized use.
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
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References in periodicals archive
'We've been working with the WNBA and their top players to recreate a hyper-realistic version of their league with pinpoint accuracy. We're excited to roll out this new feature in NBA 2K20 because we know how important the WNBA is to the world of basketball.'
Well you have to just admire the skill of dropping a lot of aggregate in pinpoint accuracy and then backfilling with concrete and further aggregate which they are doing now.
Pinpoint accuracy comes courtesy of the Tact-100[TM] scope, which has illuminated crosshairs from 20-100 yards.
Roofr, a San Francisco-based online marketplace for contractors and their customers or prospects, has released a free tool programmed "to measure any roof in under five minutes with pinpoint accuracy directly from [user's] desk at no cost."
United Nations: The Indian government's "zero casualty" policy for cyclones, and the pinpoint accuracy of the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) early warning system, have helped reduce the possibility of deaths from cyclone Fani, according to the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (ODRR).
'Successful trial has provided JF-17 Thunder a very potent and assured day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy,' the military's public affairs wing had said.
"The weapon has been developed, integrated and qualified solely through indigenous efforts of Pakistani scientists and engineers," according to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)."Successful trial has provided JF-17 Thunder a very potent and assured day and night capability to engage variety of targets with pinpoint accuracy," the military's public affairs wing had said.
The Islamic Republic has now proven that its main battlefield ballistic missile has pinpoint accuracy as it fired missiles from Iran into a Kurdish rebel base and wounded the secretary general of the Kurdish Democratic Party of Iran.
Iran's Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled a new homemade ballistic missile, which can "evade radars and hit targets with pinpoint accuracy," Tasnim news agency reported.
The Babur Weapon System-1 (B) is equipped with state of the art navigational technologies of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and all time Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC) which enables it to engage various type of targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation, thus making it an important force multiplier for Pakistan's strategic deterrence.
The missile, stated ISPR, was equipped with state-of-the-art navigational technologies of terrain contour matching and digital scene matching and area co-relation which enabled it to engage various types of targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation, making it an important force multiplier for Pakistan's strategic deterrence.
It is equipped with state-of-the-art navigational technologies of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and all time Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation (DSMAC), which enables it to engage various type of targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation, thus making it an important force multiplier for Pakistan's strategic deterrence.
Equipped with state of the art navigational technologies of Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) and all time Digital Scene Matching and Area Co-relation which enables it to engage varioustype of targets with pinpoint accuracy even in the absence of GPS navigation, thus making it an important force multiplier for Pakistan's strategic deterrence.
The aircraft shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) missile with pinpoint accuracy at Sonmiani firing range.
Islamabad -- The Pakistan Air Force on Friday achieved another milestone when the indigenously produced JF-17 Thunder shot down a slow speed target with BVR (Beyond Visual Range) and IR (Infrared) missile with pinpoint accuracy at Sonmiani firing range.