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janrinok
on Monday November 20 2017, @12:09AM
from the destruction-is-a-safety-feature dept.
from the destruction-is-a-safety-feature dept.
"The world's longest aircraft dubbed the 'Flying Bum' was seriously damaged on Saturday after it slipped its moorings and crashed into a field....
'The aircraft has a safety system which operates automatically in circumstances of the aircraft breaking free of its mast, and is designed to rip open the hull and deflate the aircraft.'"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5095481/
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(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday November 20 2017, @08:26AM
I like the antiaircraft bit. AC thinks those little 20mm (or 30mm, or whatever they might be - they do come in various sizes) just make a puncture, and then what - stop? He doesn't have a clue that they are incindiary and explosive, with proximity fuses. That's why those warlords in Africa liked them so much. Sweep an AA gun across a village, and the village is history, along with any inhabitants still inside.