IDEAS FOR WAR
Bright Britons have been devoting a lot of thinking time to new ideas for war instruments. Here are some of the results: A beam of "black light" to black out the moon, thus denying moonlight to nocturnal raiders. Artillery shells, which release venomous snakes A rifle with a curved barrel so that a soldier could shoot from a trench without exposing himself. Whirling screens to intercept bombs aimed at battleships or buildings and toss them aside. Navy officials keep a straight face and examine all ideas submitted. One idea, good enough to make a cat laugh, was to train cats to ride on submarine torpedoes and direct them to their objectives.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 2
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114IDEAS FOR WAR New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 31, 26 January 1940, Page 2
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