The U.S. Reverse Engineered Hitler's "Buzz Bomb" - And Used It On Japan
The U.S. Reverse Engineered Hitler's "Buzz Bomb" - And Used It On Japan The U.S. Army Air Force also wanted its own V-1s. It ordered concept work on ten different cruise missiles dubbed the JB (Jet Bomb) 1 through 10. Here's What You Need To Remember: The "Wunderwaffe" had been a strategic liability for the Germans, who shoveled resources into increasingly ludicrous weapons that could have been better used elsewhere. But it was a boon for the Allies, who piggybacked on captured German weapons and quickly reverse-engineered them. Exactly one month after the first of thousands of Nazi V-1 “B...
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