Dumbest military weapons

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by Spyguy101

Nuclear depth charges
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_depth_charge

Again, not stupid. Before the 1980s targeting submarines was very difficult. An area effect weapon simply means the solution on the target doesn't need to be perfect. NDCs were delivered mostly by Aircraft (incl unmanned DASH drones) or by rocket meaning the launching platform was safely away from the blast.

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Anyone mention the Petard yet??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petard

Not sure why this is stupid. Sounds like a early Bangalore torpedo.

Originally Posted by TarJak

So does that make it a dumb weapon?

Well the F-35 is an aircraft that relies on Stealth for defense so any weapon that degrades that isn't very smart.