The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works · 5 days agoWe're being ambushed!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down15
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minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·5 days agoFound this article about it: https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-navy-once-fired-300-rounds-at-an-aircraft-then-realized-it-was-venus-67500
minus-squareCheradenine@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31arrow-down1·5 days agoMust have been lousy shots, Venus is still there. I heard Uranus is wrecked though
minus-squarepoke@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoMaybe they shoulda used a hurricane as an assist. I heard shooting those works pretty well
minus-squareSundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoDunno, we haven’t been attacked by Venusians since have we?
minus-squaremaniacalmanicmania@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-25 days agoI found a reference in Wikipedia (edit 3) so afaic my work here is done. Edit 1: Oh fuck, it’s a circular reference. Dammit.
Found this article about it:
https://www.iflscience.com/the-us-navy-once-fired-300-rounds-at-an-aircraft-then-realized-it-was-venus-67500
Must have been lousy shots, Venus is still there. I heard Uranus is wrecked though
It’s the military so yeah
Maybe they shoulda used a hurricane as an assist. I heard shooting those works pretty well
Dunno, we haven’t been attacked by Venusians since have we?
I found a reference in Wikipedia (edit 3) so afaic my work here is done.
Edit 1: Oh fuck, it’s a circular reference. Dammit.