Kamikaze birds

Before radar-guided missiles, there were pigeon-guided missiles.Almost.During World War II, the United States War Department amassed a vast arsenal of bombs and rockets. The more firepower, the better, as they say, but the US military still had to figure out how to use it effectively. You see, in those days, munitions didn’t come equipped with guidance systems, which meant they couldn’t lock onto targets and were thus unreliable for conducting precision strikes. Defeating Hitler’s Third Reich was not only a priority for the American Armed Forces but also for most ordinary Americans. One day, a psychologist and inventor named B.F. Skinner was traveling to Chicago when he looked out the window and spotted a potential solution to the military’s accuracy issue.What Skinner saw, specifically, was a flock of pigeons “lifting and wheeling in formation.” As he would later recall in his memoirs, the pigeons appeared to him as more than just birds — they were “‘devices’ with excellent vision and extraordinary maneuverability.” He wondered: “Could they not guide a missile?”Skinner eventually came to believe that, with proper training, pigeons seated in the nose cone of a rocket could guide the ordnance onto its target by pecking at a screen. Sounds like a crazy idea, right? Uncle Sam thought so, too. Skinner applied for government funding twice and both applications were rejected. Like a chick that’s fallen from its nest prematurely, Project Pigeon seemed doomed to never take flight. But then, in a strange turn of events, the cereal company General Mills swooped in to its rescue, giving Skinner $5,000 and a room on the top floor of a Minneapolis flour mill where he could conduct his research.B. F. Skinner, influential psychologist and mastermind of Project Pigeon, sits in his office at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Aug. 1, 1972. AP photo.Arthur D. Hyde, General Mills’ then vice president of research, believed in Skinner’s dream and saw supporting it financially as an act of public service. He hoped that once Skinner had conducted enough research to support his hypothesis, the government would take an interest in the project. And that is exactly what happened.Using seeds as the reward, Skinner successfully trained pigeons to peck at objects representing enemy targets on a small screen in front of them. Even under uncomfortable conditions, like extreme temperatures, or with increased carbon dioxide pressure, or with pistol shots ringing out in the background, the birds remained unflappably focused on the task — or, rather, on getting more food.Skinner’s research seemed to confirm his theory that pigeons could make great kamikaze pilots. Then came the moment of truth. In early 1943, government officials traveled to Minneapolis to observe all the amazing things Skinner’s birds could

Near the end of the process in 1948. Like the picture below the flight deck has already been removed. Its main interest is showing the relation to shore at this time. This Naval Historical Center photograph is commonly published but may look a little unusual as it is usually printed reversed. But not only was KAIYO moored and sunk with port side facing the shore; there is little indication the wreck ever changed direction even when refloated. Certainly the remaining top hamper appears to closely resemble her port side and shows little sign of where the outboard funnel would have projected. This is probably the correct way to view the photo. Even the rock outcroppings look similar--its entirely possible it has not changed its general position since abandoned. Notice on the far right one of the boilers already hoisted out of the wreck. Destroyer Kamikaze The destroyer KAMIKAZE was surrendered in Johore Strait on September 12, 1945 the same day as the nearby TAKAO and MYOKO when the Royal Navy re-occupied Singapore. Unlike the two cruisers, KAMIKAZE remained operational and fit for whatever duty was appropriate. That turned out to be repatriation of Japanese personnel from front areas back to Japan, and KAMIKAZE was modified for this task.Additional superstructure and deckhouses were erected between the stacks and aft to provide expanded above-decks accomodation. The forward torpedo tubes had already been removed before the voyage with the doomed HAGURO (much to Captain Kasuga's irritation at the time) to provide space for

I am experiencing a bad Puzzle algorithm. The server started pushing several bad puzzles that make no sense to solve. I started collecting good and bad puzzles. If the server keep using that o keep taking away my rating I will just leave the site. I am gathering the puzzles as proof so that everybody can see. Learning with bad puzzles only yields bad results when you play with actual people.One example is the Kamikaze Queen sacrifices when the mate is imminent and there are more senseless sacrifices from the opponent in this bad puzzles. I feel like Chess.com is actually numbing me down with this non-sense puzzles.Fix your puzzle algorithm guys, or let us thumb down and up the puzzles so that we the community curate content on this puzzles. Let us contribute.Link carlosjcheco wrote: I am experiencing a bad Puzzle algorithm. The server started pushing several bad puzzles that make no sense to solve....One example is the Kamikaze Queen sacrifices when the mate is imminent and there are more senseless sacrifices from the opponent in this bad puzzles. I feel like Chess.com is actually numbing me down with this non-sense puzzles.So there is a way to report bad puzzles: my guess is that these are perfectly valid puzzles, but you are missing some point to them. Let's take a look at a similar puzzle thread that was questioned by someone roughly your level a long time ago. The response from the computer in a puzzle that looks crazy like a "Kamikaze Queen sacrifice" is a response often to delay an immediate checkmate threat or to prolong the checkmate (e.g. giving checks in order to transform a mate in 2 into a mate in 5).In the example below, the puzzle responds by doing a queen "sacrifice" in order to

May shoot down opponents plane. See 'Airspace' for more details.May only cross the river at 2 BANK positions.MissileMsLand2--E-restriction2Anti-aircraft. May shoot down opponents plane. See 'Airspace' for more details.May only cross the river at 2 BANK positions.HeadquartersHQLand0-C----Does not move. Protects commander against [In,M,Aa,Ms]AirforceAfAir4yesT,In,MNyes-shot downMay perform 'bombing' on an opponents land and sea pieces (not Af) and return to original position. See 'Airspace' for more details about being shot-down.NavyNSea4 (3)yesAf,T,In,M-yes-1Anti-aircraft. May shoot down opponents plane. See 'Airspace' for more details.Cannot diagonally move across land, but can fire gun (range 3) onto land pieces. If it can legally move to capture a piece, it does.May move into the river but may not move onto or passed the bank.AirspaceWhen moving Planes [Af] may be shot down by the opponents anti-aircraft pieces.Anti-Aircraft Pieces (range): [Ms] Missile(2), [Aa] Anti-Aircraft(1), [N] Navy(1). 'Note': this range a circular radius.A plane can commit kamikaze (capture the opponents piece) while staying in opponents anti-aircraft range; But if the plane leaves the ROF before reaching its target then it will be shot down, and will be unsuccessful in performing kamikaze. Please see image for cases of 2 Aa pieces.The last [Af] plane committing kamikaze against the opponents last [N] Navy will win the game, even though the plane gets shot down.A plane can get shot down during its own turn due to anti-aircraft pieces, when this happens a player cannot undo their turn.General rulesPieces capture as they move, and never jump, unless noted.Pieces can cross the river but not occupy sea points unless noted.[N] Navy piece may not cut across land when moving diagonally.Pieces which check the opposing Commander are promoted, gaining 'hero' status and gain special abilities.Hero status will mean a piece can move 1 additional space. The piece will also be able to move diagonally. [Af] Planes become stealth planes and are immune to ALL anti-aircraft.When a land piece captures a [N] Navy at sea (not the coast), it must stay where it is. When a [N] Navy captures a land piece in-land (not the coast), it must stay where it is. If navy/land piece capture is at coast

The Russian Federation's troops are trying to deplete Ukraine's air defense resources with cheap drone strikes, but the Defense Forces counter the Shaheda not only with kinetic means (fighters, helicopters, mobile anti-aircraft batteries, anti-aircraft missile systems, etc.) but also with electronic interference. That is why some of the kamikaze drones fly to Belarus or back to Russia.This was stated by Le Monde. According to the newspaper, Ukrainian soldiers distract enemy drones from their targets by using a satellite coordinate spoofing system used by military equipment for airborne guidance.Thanks to spoofing, the Shaheds are guided by fake coordinates rather than real ones, and therefore cannot attack the targets set by the occupiers.To recap, in early November, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that some Ukrainians may lose time on their cell phones during air raids.The press service explained that this is due to the work of our military, who counter the shelling using electronic warfare equipment and replacing the GPS navigation coordinates.As OBOZ.UA wrote:- On the evening of November 25 - at night and in the morning of November 26, the aggressor state launched a record number of 188 Shahed attack UAVs and unidentified drones from the Russian cities of Orel, Bryansk, Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk.- President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that Russia is still circumventing sanctions and uses 85 foreign components in each of its kamikaze drones.Only verified information on our Telegram channel OBOZ.UA and Viber. Do not fall for fakes!

Provisions. Now that space and well deck was completely plated-in to provide quarters for troops forward. In this rig the old workhorse that had seen the end of HAGURO and ASHIGRA now provided her final service of the Imperial Navy, and did it dutifully.However in poor weather and visibility on June 7 1946 both KAMIKAZE and the Coast Defense Ship KUNASHIRI ran aground. Attempts to free them were futile and in a matter of hours the waves and tide had driven them full on port broadside up onto the beach. In a case analagous to the grounded light cruiser USS MILWAUKEE everything tried afterward to free them failed. There both vessels became large and unusual tourist attractions until the frustrated authorities eventually completed srapping them in-situ.The KAMIKAZE seen shortly after grounding. But apparently now abandoned. The various constructions added to expand quarters for repatriated troops and personnel are readily discerned.The still very large scale of even the smallest Japanese destroyer is apparent here in this view of beach-goers gawking at the stranded ship. Just how firmly she had been driven ashore and shallow the spot is revealed by the waders in the water.Japanese Navy Warship wrecks sunk at sea known to be located or described to date (2024)This list will be ever-growing of course as recall or learn about them (Ex: I know several submarines have been found), or new discoveries are made. Each will be moved up into the detailed entry column as timepermits and/or details of finding and