263 | Steven McGregor: Will the U.S. Win the Next Battle of Midway?
The Realignment
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The Dive Bomber Is the Only One That's Effective
The dauntless divebar is the only one that's it, that's effective. It goes from about 20 thousand feet down to sea level in less than two minutes. And as it comes down and from 70 degree angle or steeper. Some of the planes come straight down, 90 degrees, straight down. This makes it very hard to defend against. The dive bomberis also accurate. I mean, until later in the war, when they fly lower a, use different weapons. They're using high altitude bombing which is just not accurate with sight nor bomb technology. But die bombing, it is incredibly accurate. On the american side, the japanese have a very strong torpedo
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