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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (16822)	1/19/2002 4:14:22 PM
From: Snowshoe	Respond to of 281500

The reasons I have heard for the failure of the kamikaze program to be really effective were: a) it wasted expensive equipment--planes and pilots (even green ones need training), and b) it lacked a feedback loop to correct operational mistakes. Another reason was the U.S. Navy's VT Proximity Fuze, one of the great allied secret weapons of WWII. It's a classic story of American initiative and ingenuity... Model Airplane Tube Led To Proximity Fuse softslide.com Radio Proximty (VT) Fuzes (U.S. Navy FAQ)... history.navy.mil