tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post594389523310957730..comments2024-03-28T12:29:39.157-07:00Comments on Graphic Firing Table: Ich haff ein cunnink plan, Mein Herr...FDChiefhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-40537033676267715772014-03-10T18:02:28.788-07:002014-03-10T18:02:28.788-07:00Lisa: That's kind of disturbing, yeah. We'...Lisa: That's kind of disturbing, yeah. We're ingenious little monkeys provided the creativity involves destroying things.<br /><br />Brian: No worries; no learning is ever wasted. Thanks for the info!FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-86159112835121610212014-03-10T09:38:54.856-07:002014-03-10T09:38:54.856-07:00Sorry, I see I was scooped at Milpub.Sorry, I see I was scooped at Milpub.Briannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-1153187940396708872014-03-10T09:36:38.148-07:002014-03-10T09:36:38.148-07:00There are actually quite a few examples of this ki...There are actually quite a few examples of this kind of thing.<br /><br />Pigs: The Romans are supposed to have used pigs smeared with tar and resin then set alight to disrupt formations of enemy war elephants.<br /><br />Dolphins: The US Navy tried to train dolphins as mine hunters, mine carriers, even assassins.<br /><br />Many times donkeys and mules loaded with explosives have been driven into enemy lines. Usually this doesn't work. <br /><br />B.F. Skinner worked on a pigeon-guided glide bomb during WW 2. The pigeon would peck at a screen when it saw an image of the target it had been conditioned to react to.<br /><br />And of course, the Russian "mine dogs". <br /><br />Finally, my favourite, bats: in 1942 the US Army started in on a plan to drop thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats, each one with 1 oz of inciendiary explosive strapped to it, over Japanese cities. The bats would instinctively roost under the eaves of their paper houses and detonate later. The first time this was tested they took the bats up in an unheated unpressurized bomber, and dropped a bunch of dead frozen bats on the ground. After developing a bomber with a heated and pressurized bomb bay that would keep the bats alive, they tested it again over a mock Japanese village they had built. This time the bats made it to the ground, but per their instinct they did not roost under the eaves, they all flew into the large and invitingly dark aircraft hangar nearby, setting it and some fuel tanks afire!Brianhttp://brtrain.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31246093.post-71401831888775594192014-03-09T12:40:32.856-07:002014-03-09T12:40:32.856-07:00Interesting how the "man having dominion over...Interesting how the "man having dominion over the beast" paradigm has played itself out.<br /><br />Besides our agricultural beasts of burden, groups like DARPA seek to harness insects and animals, actual and feigned, as ordnance delivery systems. They crowed about a future in which a man might sit at an outdoor cafe drinking an espresso while a drone-posing-as-insect flew into his ear and detonated, bursting his brain housing.<br /><br />A delightful thought on this day of our lord.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08839236994990699117noreply@blogger.com