[Milsurplus] Milsurplus Digest, Vol 171, Issue 44

[Mark K3MSB]

I didn't watch the video,  just looked at was on the referenced web
page.

16% Failing to explode is a more believable number.

73 Mark K3MSB

On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 12:34 AM, Jeff Kruth via Milsurplus <
milsurplus at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> I just watched Malcolms Norden Bombsight talk. I believe he said of the
> 10% that fell within the 700+acre site, 16 % FAILED to explode, the rest
> blew up!
>
> Damage was repaired in two weeks.
>
> 73
> Jeff Kruth
> In a message dated 7/31/2018 10:27:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> milsurplus-request at mailman.qth.net writes:
>
> >>TED: Malcolm Gladwell: The strange tale of the Norden bombsight
> <https://youtu.be/HpiZTvlWx2g> - when attempting to bomb a 757 acre
> chemical plant in Germany over the course of 22 bombing missions (85,000
> bombs) 0nly 10% landed inside the boundary and of those only 16% exploded.
>
> An 84% dud rate? That's hard to believe. I wouldn't want to be the
> one to tell that to Frank Savage!
>
> 73 Mark K3MSB
>
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2018 at 12:30 PM, Brooke Clarke <brooke at pacific.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi:
>
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