The Japanese developed a remote guided bomb as well, but apparently it was
easily "jammed" by turning on en electric shaver.
Just a story I read from an old '50's book on guided missles and rockets.
- Matt
At 03:04 PM 12/20/2001 -0500, you 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.
>
>Chris
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