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From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Thu Dec 20 15:09:57 2001

CLeyson_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> Interenting topic. How the hell do you build electronics that survives 15000G
> !
> Got any technical info on RF proximity fuses ? I read somewhere that they
> used the capacitance between shell nozecone and target to pull the osc off
> frequency, a bit like a Theramin.
>
> BTW, the Germans developed a remotely controlled TV guided bomb during WW2.
> Luckily for the allies the picture broke up as the bomb approached its target
> and
> development was stopped.

Nope they were picking up early 'I love Lucy' shows by mistake.
Anyhow I thought the V2 was the last ditch bomb of the war.

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Received on Thu Dec 20 2001 - 15:09:57 GMT

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