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Old 17th Jul 2012, 20:22
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Biggus
 
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Jakey,

No doubt Occam's razor would convince the Trojans that the wooden horse was safe to bring inside the walls of the city - it couldn't possibly contain some Greek troops that would come out at night and open the city gates...

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While not saying it applies in this particular case - adopting the profile of an airliner has been used by military aircraft to obtain a tactical advantage, indeed as a concept it appeared in commercial print as long ago as 1966:

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I would suggest that relying on Occam's razor when making military decisions is a somewhat flawed policy!!
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