Pearl Harbor, Part 2 of 3
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Air Dropped Torpedoes in Japan
Air dropped torpedoes are one of the principal mean sby which navies attacked each other. The british had used them in teronto, italy, earlier in the war to attack the italian fleet. There was much discussion about whether pearl harbor was immune from torpedo attack because it was so shallow. Back in japan, military commanders know that its type 91 torpedo is the best in the world. But even that device will not work in such shallow depths. So the japanese take the evolution of its torpedo one step further. They now attach smaller fins to the nose of the torpedo. These are called gyroscopically driven alerons and prevent the bomb from rolling
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