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16th-Century Artillery Manual Shows Illustration of 'Rocket Cat'
CTV News ^ | Thursday, March 6, 2014 | Michael Rubinkam

Posted on 03/06/2014 11:32:47 AM PST by nickcarraway

Edited on 03/06/2014 11:40:47 AM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]

You're a 16th century German prince plotting to crush a peasant rebellion, or perhaps you're leading an army against the Ottoman Empire or looking to settle the score with a rival nobleman. What's a guy looking for a tactical edge to do?

Bring on the rocket cats!


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TOPICS: History; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: banglist; bombaycat; germany; godsgravesglyphs; ottomanempire; turkey
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To: Pecos

How low can you go, to kill innocent unknowing dogs? Good they at least took some evil Russkies along for the ride to hell.


41 posted on 03/06/2014 2:49:30 PM PST by EinNYC
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; decimon; 1010RD; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; ...
I'm sure that the Bombay breed was the most popular choice. Thanks nickcarraway.

42 posted on 03/06/2014 3:01:02 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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43 posted on 03/06/2014 8:40:46 PM PST by Redcitizen (When a zombie apocalypse starts, Chuck Norris doesn't try to survive. The zombies do.)
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To: DMZFrank; Joe 6-pack

By the summer of 1945, LeMay and the 20th Air Force had burned out just about every major Japanese city already. Supposedly, LeMay told Truman by the end of his campaign that there was “nothing left to bomb” in Japan of any worth, but I can’t find a quote.


44 posted on 03/07/2014 12:27:52 PM PST by colorado tanker
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