[ARC5] [Milsurplus] ineffective ballastic bombing of ships

[J. Forster]

Yes it does.

I tried it earlier. Mailman truncated it. You need to add the stuff in
brackets to the URL.

-John

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Jay
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: boeing377 at aol.com
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Mon, Jul 13, 2009 1:13 pm
> Subject: [Milsurplus] ineffective ballastic bombing of ships
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> Check out this WW 2 weapon: a radar guided air launched anti shipping
missile.
> It came late in WW 2, had bugs, but it did sink at least one enemy ship.
Further
> developed this would have totally changed the bomber vs ship equation.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_(guided_bomb)
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> We are really lucky the Germans didn't develop an effective proximity
fuse for
> AA weapons. Their AA rockets and artillery never had good proximity
fuses and
> relied instead on accurate aiming. Those of you who attended Steve Blank's
> fascinating lecture at the last Radiofest in Monterey learned how
extensive and
> sophisticated their AA radar network was. If you didn't attend, check
out the
> link below, really amazing historical info. I have read a lot about WW 2
> aviation and had no idea how far the Germans had developed their
networked radar
> systems. You hear lots about the British Chain Home HF radar air defense
system
> but not much about Germany's ground and airborne systems.
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> http://steveblank.com/2009/04/27/the-secret-history-of-silicon-valley-part-vi-the-secret-life-of-fred-terman-and-stanford/
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> 73,
> Mark
> AF6IM
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