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[-] unknown@piefed.social 24 points 2 days ago

What textbooks are you using?

[-] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 days ago

A study on the effectiveness of cat paratroopers in modern battles by Hugh Mann.

[-] dalekcaan@feddit.nl 8 points 2 days ago

Hugh Mann. Now that's a name I can trust!

[-] montechristo@feddit.org 18 points 2 days ago
[-] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Where we droppin', cat?

[-] owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Are you to have me believe, as God's own truth, that a hole full of water, a mere cistern, itself took parachute in hand and affixed it to this feline?

[-] jawa21@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 days ago

I was going to comment on the lack of a hyphen, but you did it better than I possibly could.

[-] xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 15 points 2 days ago

Straight to the middle of his designated landing zone. As we all know, he's a well prepared kitty.

[-] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

That mouse will never see it coming!

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 7 points 2 days ago

During WW2, the US explored using cats on parachutes to guide bombs to targets. The idea never was put into practice, though.

[-] DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Huh, I wonder why having the most chaotic animals known to mankind guide explosives to a precise location never took off...

[-] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 6 points 2 days ago

Presumably, the reasoning goes, a falling cat would choose the deck of a Japanese warship over the open water.

In any case, they got a bit further along with dropping bombs filled with small bats implanted with incendiary explosives, which would then roost in wooden buildings. That project was only cancelled when they had atom bombs working.

[-] lemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago

There were also pigeon-guided missiles against ships in development.

[-] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

To land on a tall table and push everything off the edge.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

They should be putting that parachute on the things.

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago
[-] onslaught545@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 2 days ago

She is on a mission!

[-] vodka@feddit.org 6 points 2 days ago

Maybe Moisty Mire? But not Loot Lake.

[-] FuckyWucky@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago
[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 points 2 days ago

I feel bad laughing at this. >:(

To inspect the cat nip fields

[-] rockerface@lemmy.cafe 4 points 2 days ago

Just like me, going insane

Between several different human families that don't know about each other.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 4 points 2 days ago
[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2025
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