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| The secret D-Day scientists and engineers |
| 2024-06-01 |
| The Gaza Pier debacle and the necessary homework not done. BLUF: [BBC] Being able to predict sea conditions - especially the type of waves hitting beaches - would be critical. "If you have a landing craft, it's much shorter than the length of the big swell waves that come off the Atlantic Ocean, so there was a risk that if it dived down in a swell wave it wouldn't come back up," explained the physical oceanography professor. "Understanding whether there were going to be swell waves or just small choppy water was really important, so they could do the landing at the right time." It was here that Darbyshire excelled within what was known as the top secret Group W in Teddington. He came up with a way to model wave patterns using iron buoys in the sea, and measuring their magnetic movements. His team even developed a computer, the first of its kind for rapid analysis of wave types. They discovered they were able to predict wave patterns linked to weather events, even storms happening hundreds of miles away. Armed with that information and weather forecasts, the allied forces were able to pick their day. Or in the case of D-Day - as actually happened - delay it by 24 hours because of the predictions. "It was absolute genius what they did," said Prof Rippeth. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #6 Don't forget the dudes who crossed the channel underwater in a glorified horse tank, to swim a mile then back on a moonless night, the return trip up-wave and weighted down with soil samples. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-06-01 10:14 |
| #5 MM, they were able to do that because they were critical thinkers and able to go 'outside of the box' when it came to looking for solutions. Engineers and scientists aren't taught those processes anymore as it would create outcomes that might be contrary to the required narratives. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2024-06-01 09:34 |
| #4 ^ The pier and Biden have much in common. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-01 09:14 |
| #3 Meanwhile... US will REMOVE Biden's $320million Gaza pier because it is 'sinking': Disaster for president's... |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-01 08:30 |
| #2 They did more with pencil, paper and hand crank tabulators than is done today with supercomputers. Which proves the point, it's all about the questions you ask. Meanwhile gerbil worming is being blamed. Your car and backyard grill make you a war criminal now. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-01 07:15 |
| #1 The cost of political expediency. There in the back, so you believe the timing of this BBC story was....coincidental ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-01 07:04 |