Rocketoid bomb shelters
Monte Davis
monte.davis at verizon.net
Fri May 11 05:05:30 CDT 2007
Tore wrote:
> And while we're on the topic of sinister baked goods, check
> out this bit of
> information about the production and distribution of the V-2:
>
> "Logistic changes under code name 'warme Semmel' (English: hot cakes)
> resulted in movement of V-2 trains directly from the
> Nordhausen plant to
> firing-unit railheads for field storage until operational
> batteries needed
> resupplied."
Twelve years later, Khrushchev would boast that the USSR was producing ICBMs
"like sausages." Man cannot die by bread alone.
(BTW, I'm finishing a consulting job today, so monte.davis at bms.com is no
longer valid.)
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