04.12.2009, 01:12
snaphance Wrote:Norden - It was expensive too, costing over $10,000 each, and was highly classified. We didn't want to risk having it fall into Japanse hands.
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As the mission's armament officer, I set about designing a new bombsight specifically for this mission, one that could be effective at altitudes of 100 to 1,500 feet.
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It was later calculated that the materials for these sights cost a total of 20 cents.
That just made my day. It seems certain things never change with time, LOL