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Originally Posted by TorpX
IMO, proving the effectiveness of the MI exploder would be almost impossible without blowing up a large number of ships. The Navy would have been much better off to focus on impact detonation, which could be tested and didn't have all the messy unknowns of MI. Verification of running depth was easily done with net shots, and testing of impact exploders can be done by dropping test warheads against steel plates and the designs analyzed afterwards. Impact forces can be calculated and this does not require live shots, or mapping magnetic forces around a ship, or adjusting for the earth's magnetic field.
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Ah, you must have seen the movie "Operation Pacific" (1951). That John Wayne is such a hero
. The film is supposed to have been based on real events (except the sappy love interest
).
From IMDb:
During WWII, a submarine's second in command inherits the problem of torpedoes that don't explode. When on shore, he is eager to win back his ex-wife.