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Old 04-20-2006, 11:03   #6
Peregrino
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Originally Posted by rubberneck
Why do I get the feeling that these "flying ships" were built for one way trips? During WWII the Japanese built the MXY7 Ohka and the Germans the Selbstopfer as a low tech approach to building a guided cruise missile. I wonder if Iran has the same plans for these planes.
I can just imagine the reaction of a USN combattant at the sight of one of these on a suicide run. Does anybody think they could stop laughing long enough to flip the switches on the R2D2s? Peregrino

BTW - Didn't the Russians develop (and abandon) a full sized version of this technology?
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