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Bat bomb

• phinnaeus 9y ago
  It's nice to imagine that the bats probably would have died instantly and painlessly (although I'm sure they didn't enjoy having the bomb, timer, and detonator attached to their bodies).
  • King-Aaron 9y ago
    > Lovell also mentioned that bats during testing were dropping to the ground like stones I think it wouldn't have been a particularly pleasant experience for them before that point, haha
• philipkglass 9y ago
  If that was interesting to you, I recommend taking a look at Louis F. Fieser's (yes, the Harvard chemistry professor) book "The Scientific Method: A Personal Account of Unusual Projects in War and in Peace". It has a first-hand account of Bat Bomb testing, as well as accounts of developing more effective weapons of World War II. http://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/the_scientific_method.pdf http://library.sciencemadness.org/library/books/the_scientif...
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• fatjokes 9y ago
  > The bats incinerated the test range and roosted under a fuel tank. Does that mean they survived? I'd really hate to think that they were unwitting kamikaze bombers.