The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution

Re:The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution by LordShredda on Monday August 28, 2023 @07:18PM (#37301560)

I'm sure some anti war hippie would make a joke here.

In any case, it's fascinating how horses, dogs, pigeons, and various other animals were only recently (less than 100 years) replaced by machines. Horses were precious and highly exploited in both world wars.

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Re:The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution by ben_w on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:00PM (#37301844)

Was thinking recently about how close we came to pigeon-guided missiles.

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Re:The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution by dotnet00 on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:08PM (#37301897)

Or the somewhat similar concept of bombs attached to bats, which was similarly very successful at doing damage, just not very directed damage.

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Re:The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution by jvm___ on Monday August 28, 2023 @08:05PM (#37301873)

We had them, but they didn't work well.

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Re:The Dog Who Served on Both Sides of the American Revolution by gexla on Monday August 28, 2023 @09:22PM (#37302410)

What better period than a revolution for dogs to practice free love of owners and open loyalty relationships?

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