![]() ![]() The effects of this change were felt immediately: on the morning of April 6, a missile hit the small town of Aleksinac by mistake, killing 17 and injuring many more. In practice, this meant a departure from the earlier NATO policy of minimising civilian casualties. To achieve this, "smart" weapons were joined by unguided conventional bombs. The goal was to destroy not only the infrastructure underpinning the Serbian war machine, but the people's morale to trigger an uprising against Milošević. The bridges over the Danube were systematically bombed, with the exception of those in Belgrade (six were destroyed and four more were badly damaged) Serbia's most important factories, electrical stations, refineries and oil and gas terminals received the same treatment. They increased the number of planes in the air and extended their missions: having started with eight-hour flights at night, the missions were now extended to 24 hours. ![]() ![]() NATO leadership decided to increase the number of airstrikes, expand the list of potential targets to include industrial sites with military significance, radio and television stations and other strategic infrastructure.
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