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To: 353FMG

“And where would those bombers have taken off from?”

Where did Doolittle’s raid, which was prior to Midway, take off from? The Japanese homeland was within reach even without island hopping. Maybe not reliably, and maybe those in charge would be reluctant to risk so expensive a thing as a nuke on a suicide mission. But it was possible, and unlike with conventional bombing runs it only takes one plane and one hit.


49 posted on 06/05/2012 2:25:55 PM PDT by Tublecane
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To: Tublecane
Where did Doolittle’s raid, which was prior to Midway, take off from?

They managed to take off from an aircraft carrier, and then crash-landed in China or the Sea of Japan.

That sort of thing doesn't scale-up well.

You have no idea what that attack involved, do you?

64 posted on 06/05/2012 2:46:51 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Tublecane

I’m pretty sure there’s no way a Doolittle-style attack could succeed due to the sheer weight of the atomic bomb—they would run out of fuel long before they got there.

Hell, they wouldn’t have been able to take off from an aircraft carrier, period.


90 posted on 06/05/2012 3:52:04 PM PDT by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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