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I expect some bright boy (or girl) to get this one, rapidly.



Away for a few days. Likely back on Sunday. Will reveal all then.

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That is a partial mock-up of a Japanese ATAGO class heavy cruiser. The errors suggest it was built in wartime by one of the Allies. Purpose? Got me.
 
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It's on one of those salt lake flats like Groom Lake, argh, can't remember why they built it though.

Hang on, now I can. Winky

It's a 650-foot replica of a Japanese Navy heavy cruiser, dubbed "Muroc-Maru." It was used for strafing, identification and skip bombing practices before being removed in 1950.

It sits on Rogers Dry Lake, now home to the Dryden flight research centre.



Here's Leit's Atago class:



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Dummy ship to draw bombers away from the real thing?
 
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Sort of like the distraction mounted beneath that Spitfire. Big Grin


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Incredoobable! Had no idea. Score for the Ploughmeister!
 
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quote:
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Dummy ship to draw bombers away from the real thing?


With Stupid Big Grin


 
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The film set for James Cameron's "Bismarck", 1941? Veryhappy


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It's incredible what people can do with time and a box of matches... Razz
 
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Dux, with a box of matches, you could have a great time with that thing.
 
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Originally posted by leitmotiv:
That is a partial mock-up of a Japanese ATAGO class heavy cruiser. The errors suggest it was built in wartime by one of the Allies. Purpose? Got me.


HTF did you call that?

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It's on one of those salt lake flats like Groom Lake, argh, can't remember why they built it though.


Head of the class ... Ploughman.

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Fastest battleship to date.



Airspeed, altitude, or brains; you always need at least two.
 
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