Science: Clever Little People

Even the Japs had some better weapons than the U.S. In Tokyo last week, the Navy's Captain Allan L. Dunning reported that a Jap torpedo was superior to any developed by the U.S. or Britain. It carried more explosive farther and faster, and it left no telltale bubble trail.

This and other technical triumphs were not due to help from Germany. "The Japanese researchers," said Captain Dunning, "had technical horizons as great as our own, but they were unable to coordinate production with their findings."

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