by Steve James on Tue May 14, 2019 9:37 am
The new dragon tactic made sense. Instead of flying over the ships, it dove at them. It was "boom and zoom" strategy at first --developed in WW2 by Navy pilots to combat the superior agility of the Japanese Zeros. That, and the head on position made the target smaller and harder to hit. Then, she took advantage of the fact that the harpoons had to be reset and aimed while she zoomed away. After a few passes, she changed tactics and flew lower than the harpoons could be aimed. That idea may have come from the British attack on the Bismarck in WW2. I.e., the torpedo planes that managed to get a hit flew so slow and low that the B's guns couldn't reach them. After that, it was all fear factor. Ain't nobody aiming well. But, damn, Dany, that was cold.
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