The Drydock - Episode 116
Added 2020-10-16 20:00:02 +0000 UTC
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I note that Adm. John Webster just died. Sounds like an interesting chap. Any chance of an obituary?
'General' Dipper
2020-10-22 12:05:18 +0000 UTCa bit on the quiet side, yes.
Bjarki Hilmarsson
2020-10-18 19:22:07 +0000 UTCI found the channel admin section to be considerably less informative than usual.
Vintage Car History
2020-10-17 23:48:01 +0000 UTCThere were other attempts at the guidance problem. The pigeon-guided missile failed, but the Japanese had some success with their solution to the guidance problem, unfortunately for everyone involved.
Michael Llaneza
2020-10-17 02:45:23 +0000 UTCOn the subject of balloon: Isn't there a risk of it giving away your position?
Bjarki Hilmarsson
2020-10-16 23:20:13 +0000 UTCRadar damage while firing own guns: in the Book SOUTH PACIFIC DESTROYER by Crenshaw, it is said that with their early radar, firing their own 5" gun took the radar out due to vibration damaging a vacuum tube well more than once. USS Maury.
Smokey The Bear
2020-10-16 22:53:15 +0000 UTCDrone television cameras didn't exist in WWII that could be fit in something as small as to droppable from a medium bomber, but they did exist at the size that would fit inside a heavy bomber: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
Ash the Lego Guy
2020-10-16 22:47:17 +0000 UTC
