Re: Adolf Hitler owns space !

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From: Scott Lowther
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 01:30

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Rand Simberg wrote:

> On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 23:44:50 GMT, in a place far, far away, Scott
> Lowther <scottlowther@ix.netcomSPAMBLOK.com> made the phosphor on my
> monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:
>  
> 
>>>Not in the slightest.  The rocket weapons were very much
>>>ineffective and an inefficient use of resources.  
>>>
>>
>>This is in fact debatable. Thye V-2 had the range and destructive power 
>>of a medium bomber, and cost 1/10 as much. By the end of the war, the 
>>effective lifespan of a German medium bomber was something like 3 
>>missions. So, 3 V-2's would do as much damage as 1 Dornier, but at 3/10 
>>the cost, and without losing the crew.
>>
> 
> But the Dornier would have had at least somewhat more precision...


By that time it was pretty much down to flattening cities and vast waves 
of Soviet tanks and troops.

Plus, the Germans were makign good strides in guided munitions... would 
not be the least bit surpised if the V-2 couldn;t have been made rather 
more accurate than it was.

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