Originally Posted by
Fitter2
And when R V Jones visited the USA after WW2 and was shown the Top Secret Sidewinder air-to-air missile prototype, he said 'Ah, infra-red heat seeking'. Asked by the embarrassed hosts 'who told you', he said it's obvious, the sidewinder snake has infra red pits to detect its prey at night.
An amazing man and noted practical joker. He fully appreciated the implications of the Oslo Report unlike many of his superiors. it is said that his lectures at Abderdeen university had far far more atendee's than his noemal students.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Victor_Jones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Report
His appearances in this series, revalatory the time, when such things as Enigma were being removed from the cloak of secrecy.
Apologies for thread drift