Jan. 16th, 2006
on life imitating art
Jan. 16th, 2006 04:01 pm"The bombardment was to all intents and purposes finished, once the jets had sighted their target, alerted their bombardiers at five thousand miles an hour; as quick as the whisper of a scythe the war was finished. Once the bomb-release was yanked it was over. Now, a full three seconds, all of the time in history, before the bombs struck, the enemy ships themselves were gone half around the visible world..."
Fahrenheit 451, 1953
"You can imagine if you are 60,000 feet doing Mach 1.9 and these bombs are flying out of your airplane, the swath of hell you can produce going through a country saying 'I'll take that target, and that target'."
Lt. Col. David Krumm, USAF, 2006.
Fahrenheit 451, 1953
"You can imagine if you are 60,000 feet doing Mach 1.9 and these bombs are flying out of your airplane, the swath of hell you can produce going through a country saying 'I'll take that target, and that target'."
Lt. Col. David Krumm, USAF, 2006.
on life imitating art
Jan. 16th, 2006 04:01 pm"The bombardment was to all intents and purposes finished, once the jets had sighted their target, alerted their bombardiers at five thousand miles an hour; as quick as the whisper of a scythe the war was finished. Once the bomb-release was yanked it was over. Now, a full three seconds, all of the time in history, before the bombs struck, the enemy ships themselves were gone half around the visible world..."
Fahrenheit 451, 1953
"You can imagine if you are 60,000 feet doing Mach 1.9 and these bombs are flying out of your airplane, the swath of hell you can produce going through a country saying 'I'll take that target, and that target'."
Lt. Col. David Krumm, USAF, 2006.
Fahrenheit 451, 1953
"You can imagine if you are 60,000 feet doing Mach 1.9 and these bombs are flying out of your airplane, the swath of hell you can produce going through a country saying 'I'll take that target, and that target'."
Lt. Col. David Krumm, USAF, 2006.