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To: Retain Mike

So the USMC needs to spend more time at the skeet range?

At the end of WW2 the Japanese built thousands of Kamikaze planes out of wood in preparation for the invasion. Wooden planes didn’t show up well on radar and would not set off the 5” AA shells the USN used so successfully against Vals and Zeroes. I can see a move back to more primitive designs in the electronic battlefield. Balsa RC planes with grenades attached. Canvas Biplanes.


4 posted on 11/13/2023 10:31:08 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa
Australian cardboard drone.
7 posted on 11/13/2023 10:45:59 AM PST by marktwain
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To: Seruzawa
I can see a move back to more primitive designs in the electronic battlefield. Balsa RC planes with grenades attached. Canvas Biplanes.

Laser weapons would be a suitable alternative against wood aircraft. Light them up well before they get close enough to deploy the onboard ordnance.

9 posted on 11/13/2023 11:06:30 AM PST by Myrddin
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