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A kamakazi pilot who lives after a mission is considered a...

 suvivor
5 (33.3%)
 failure
10 (66.7%)

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Offline fastson
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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2003, 05:16:59 PM »
I read in a book called "Tech war" that the Japanese designed special planes for kamikaze pilots, one of them was called Ohka (Japanese codename), Baka (American codename .. Means madman) that was attached to a twin-engine "mother plane" ..
When they approached the target they would detach from the mother plane and glide towards the target..

As they approached it the pilot in the Ohka would light the jet engine and the little plane would accelerate to about 1100km/h .. Smashing right into the target.

The Ohka was basically a big flying bomb weighting 1200 kg, but it had a human in it.
The Ohka was a very successful "bomb" ..



As for the question.. I guess they were failures.
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2003, 07:38:26 PM »
actually, karakiri was for shamed government officials and the like, and involved a grand ceramony with spectators.

the samurai\'s of old performed what is called, sepaku.
they did it if thier master (or lord) died, or if they failed in battle (and somehow lived)
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« Reply #17 on: March 09, 2003, 07:47:29 PM »
oh sepaku , i\'ve heard of that.
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« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2003, 08:44:16 PM »
coward, survivor, failure...blah blah blah

There\'s only two words to describe what he is:  LUCKY  BASTARD   That man needs to go buy a lottery ticket
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« Reply #19 on: March 10, 2003, 02:12:01 AM »
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Originally posted by mm
actually, karakiri was for shamed government officials and the like, and involved a grand ceramony with spectators.

the samurai\'s of old performed what is called, sepaku.
they did it if thier master (or lord) died, or if they failed in battle (and somehow lived)


Good info...

The only problem is we are still trying assign a term for What Shamed Japanese X box executives do to themselves.

;)

p.s.

i agree with Sara the man needs to go buy a lottery ticket.
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« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2003, 04:02:35 AM »
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Originally posted by Sara
coward, survivor, failure...blah blah blah

There\'s only two words to describe what he is:  LUCKY  BASTARD   That man needs to go buy a lottery ticket
Ah yes, finaly a post worth reading. Although I will say that anybody attempting this no matter the circumstance has got to be an idiot or a fanatic.
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« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2003, 11:40:44 AM »
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Originally posted by project86
anybody attempting this no matter the circumstance has got to be an idiot or a fanatic.


Super Dave Osborne perhaps?;)
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