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To: McGruff

We used to load some variant of that (maybe the B60) on our carrier based attack aircraft back in the Seventies, and I was always struck by how...er...”Buck Rogers-ish” they looked with the polished aluminium skin and those futuristic fins!

It was almost funny to think that bomb that looked like the shape was created by an imaginative 5th grader, could kill millions of people.

Almost...


4 posted on 04/03/2023 10:56:15 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." J)
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To: rlmorel

yup, that polished metal always gets tour attention...


34 posted on 04/03/2023 1:52:20 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: rlmorel

Back in our CV this picture would not exist for public viewing and anyone wanting a picture would be a M-16 popsicle. Nor did you take pictures of subs at the pier.


40 posted on 04/03/2023 3:11:28 PM PDT by cva66snipe
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