A mechanical device used in aircraft to aim bombs accurately at targets below.
Compound of bomb + sight (from Old English gesiht), referring to an aiming instrument. Developed during World War II as precision bombing technology.
The Norden bombsight was so advanced and secret during WWII that the U.S. government considered it more valuable than the atomic bomb itself—pilots took oaths swearing they'd destroy it rather than let it be captured.
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