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Re: Doenitz's advisors.
Posted by:
JTMcDaniel
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Date: January 11, 2010 12:02AM
They didn't really think centimetric radar was impossible. It was simply that, based on their own experiments in that area, they didn't think anyone could build a set small enough to fit into an aircraft. Such thinking is natural, even if also a violation of one of the more basic (if frequently ignored) rules of both science and warfare:
"Just because you can't do something, do not presume that no one else can."
"Just because you can't do something, do not presume that no one else can."