Why did the US not invent guided bombs like Fritz-X? If the USN had B-17s dropping guided bombs, the Pacific would've been won before the war even started.
>>29783762
because the Japanese would then realized they they needed guided missiles and we would have lost more bombers in the long run
>>29783762
But they did
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azon
>>29783762
The technology and the drive to develop guided bombs wasn't there before WW2. Plus the US didn't mind bombing the shit out of cities full of women and children to make a point.
>>29783762
Fuck that.
We were planning on dropping guided B-17's.
>>29783832
>that image
>some anon on /int/ said he saw a ball of light just moving in the sky earlier this night
>>>/int/58637710
What are these?
>>29783912
Foo fighters mang.
Foo fighters.
>>29783923
>there are alien cyborgs just dicking around in our atmosphere
>they're monitoring all our comms and media
>they've been there for +50 years, possibly even hundreds based on medieval manuscripts
Fukken cunts. They should just come down here and face us in the open. Damn the consequences.
>>29783947
I wonder what the Ayy lmao's think of our obsession with dicks.
>>29783912
Here. I made this specially for you.
>>29783978
They probably went through with the same thing when they were still biological, or then they're just using their improved intellect to understand us. If they're actually out there, they're right fucking cunts for not contacting us in public.
>>29784015
To be fair, they're probably smart enough to realize that if they touch down somewhere public, they're probably going to be shot at. Either by a redneck or by a hood rat.
I certainly would.
Source: am redneck
>>29783762
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_(guided_bomb)
>>29783832
>>29783912
>>29784013
>Foo fighters and B-17s in WWII
Time to put up thread theme:
>https://youtu.be/ELUP-oZQKM4
>>29784048
Considering they should have the technology to negate conventional firearms, or send disposable drones. there is no reason that I understand why they would not contact humanity in public. Either they do not exist, or then their scheming is beyond my intellect, unless they themselves are stupid creatures with no enhanced cognitive capabilities for whatever retarded reason, which in itself does not make a lot of sense.
>>29783762
How are B-17s going to bomb Japan during the early stages of WW2? Guided bombs or no there's still that whole range thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Aphrodite
>>29784125
We did it with B-25s. Not the same, and a one off. But we did it.
>>29784150
And did that end the war?
>>29784157
I'm just saying it was possible.
>>29784150
Doolittle raid was hardly a reproduceable action all things told.
There still were no airbases to land and fly B17s from.
>>29784181
And completely insufficient to win a war, which is what OP suggested would have happened. Not that his idiocy is your fault.
>>29783912
>floating ball of light
anon thats just ball lightning, not that spooky but sorta rare
>>29784213
Ain't no fucking thunderstorms in Finland this time of year. Not even cloud coverage anywhere in the country.
What the fuck are these?
![VB-6_Felix_Guided_Bomb[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/AFLvoBE.jpg "VB-6_Felix_Guided_Bomb[1].jpg")
>>29783762
They did, and arguably more advanced ones than the Germans.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_%28guided_bomb%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GB-4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GB-8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VB-6_Felix
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LBD_Gargoyle
The main difference is that the Germans were more willing to risk aircrews by using untested weaponry in combat.
>>29784125
>fritz-x
The idea kind of obviously is to use B-17s as long range IJN fucking squadron, you dumb nigger.
>>29784829
Are you retarded? If you need the range of a B-17 to target IJN task forces that far out then you also must have insanely long range scout planes able to fly at about Mach 2 so that the B-17s can manage to actually sortie and attack with any functionality.
Your idea is stupid and you're stupid.
