The F/A-18s ground radar is precise and reliable. This, coupled with consistently high bombing accuracy rates with relatively little practice, has actually delayed the phase-in of laser-guided munitions-delivery capability to the Hornet platform by the Navy itself. This partly limited Hornets during Desert Storm, where A-6s were forced to compensate heavily. This deficiency appears to be true of precision-guided munitions (PGM) in general, as, for example, only one in four deployed Hornet pilots are trained to use the Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM).
