[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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