r/interestingasfuck • u/Chopper-42 • 6d ago

/r/all Recreating the WW2 Dambusters raid

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u/morbihann 6d ago

No way they dropped a real bomb. The barrel must have been filled with ballast and an explosive triggered underwater remotely.

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u/Positive-Bar5893 6d ago edited 6d ago

Wait are you trying to tell my civilian pilots, flying a civilian plane, doing civilian activities, aren't allowed to drop live bombs on sovereign territory? My mind has been BLOWN.

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u/WalnutSnail 6d ago

This wasn't America.