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Old 16th February 2013, 06:41 PM   #504
yankee451
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Originally Posted by Captain_Swoop View Post

A ships hull is thicker steel than your columns and isn't just a flat plate. It is backed by steel ribs and decks. It is a lot tougher than the clumns of the towers. Each individual column is a lot weaker than the side of the ship. It is each column that has to take the impact.

You will note that in your quote the bomb was a 'dud'. it didn't explode.

Explain what you mean by 'flying torpedo'? Most Kamikaze attacks were by fighters and bombers just flown into the ships. By that time in the war the Japanese air force had pilots with minimal training able to take off and crash, that's all they were expected to do. Just like the Hijackers on 911.

On 911 what the aircraft had was massively more weight, size and importantly speed. plus their target was bigger and built from small thin walled columns compared to the hull of a warship.

What damage do you think would be done a ship if it was hit by an airliner at 500 miles an hour weighing over a hundred tons as compared to a small single seat fighter moving slower and weighing a fraction of the airliner?

Buildings are designed to stand up. Warships are designed ro be damaged and survive.
Tell me you're not still comparing a warship to the Twin Towers.

Honestly.

You're going for the straw in the hurricane next, right?
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