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Old 21st Dec 2015, 21:02
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tartare
 
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It's an important part of history Pontifex.
To stand under the Vulcan bomb bay at Hendon Museum and watch the film of a streamed take off brings home the terrible solemnity of what it would have been like if it had ever happened.
As does imagining being on board and seeing that blinding flash through the windows (probably the last thing your non-eye patched eye would see).
Personally, as a child of the digital age, it's highly instructive to learn in detail about the analog systems that made the weapons system work, particularly their precision - all well before GPS.
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