[HN Gopher] Old, Weird Tech: The Bat Bombs of World War II (2011)
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Old, Weird Tech: The Bat Bombs of World War II (2011)
Author : lermontov
Score : 8 points
Date : 2021-12-01 21:48 UTC (4 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.theatlantic.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.theatlantic.com)
| jimmyed wrote:
| Ah, 1940s, when US was at the height of it's power. We will never
| be that great ever again...
| [deleted]
| VTimofeenko wrote:
| Wonder if Lytle S. Adams was aware of Olga of Kiev and the story
| of getting pigeons as a tribute from a sieged city, then
| attaching a piece of sulfur to them and releasing pigeons back to
| burn the city
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| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev#Drevlian_Uprising
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