“The radio proximity fuse has finally emerged from its veil of secrecy to take its place alongside radar and the atomic bomb in the triumvirate of secret weapons which led to Allied victory.” Those ...
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The secret fuse that turned near misses into kills
On January 5, 1943, off Guadalcanal, the light cruiser USS Helena fired at a Japanese dive bomber that was already pulling away. Under ordinary rules, the shot should not have mattered. The target was ...
In New Haven, the proximity fuse was the 5-minute walk. In Gainesville, you could probably stretch that fuse to 10 or 15 minutes. On the other hand, a 30-minute drive won't come anywhere close to ...
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