BUZZ BOMB LAUNCHED
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Big U.S. Navai Force Fails To Hit Missile
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Received Wednesday, 10.5 a.m. HONOLULU, Nov. 8. A buzz bomb was launched frorn a -United States submarine off Hawaii yesterday and zoomed over a long.line, of 35 warships without being hit by anti-aircraft guns or intercepted by fighters from carriers. The missile, which is known in Navy parlance as loon, was launched 20 miles behind the 35 ships, which were strung out over a 21-mile course. It sped at from 400 to 500 miles an hour over its controlled course and plunged into the sea 80 miles from where it was launched. The missile was assisted by a rocket in its takeoff from the deck of the submarine. The most impressive thing in the demonstration was the scant launching ramp required to get ' the bomb into the air with the rocket. Loon wings are detachable and the missile and its jet engine, When broken down, probably would occupy the same space in a sub- , marine as three torpedoes. The missile is the same as the German j Vee I which gave London so much \ trouble late in the war. Bridsh ! gunners and airmen shot down a high percentage of them.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1949, Page 5
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204BUZZ BOMB LAUNCHED Chronicle (Levin), 9 November 1949, Page 5
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