Indeed. The US and Japan had a complicated relationship going back to the Tokugawa shogunate. The tumultuous interaction with the US and other foreign nations was a major factor in transforming the isolationist, feudal Japan into a modern state with imperial expansion aspirations.

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According to this "… Hazard has its origins in the Middle English language, dating back to the 13th century. It is derived from the Old French word "hasart," which means "game of chance" or "risk.""

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Commodore Matthew Perry was charged with negotiating diplomatic relations with Japan.

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A couple of Thompson SMGs with what appears also to be improvised vertical foregrips appear in the same film.

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TBM's dropping parapacks close to Naha. 1945

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Part of the previous footage:

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BOMARC fired against a B-17 drone.

" Titan and Bomarc missiles launched at Cape Canaveral. HD Stock Footage "
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"The Bomarc was the only surface-to-air missile ever deployed by the U.S. Air Force. All other U.S. land-based SAMs were and are under the control of the U.S. Army. "

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BOMARC missiles used Westinghouse active-homing radar seekers. BOMARC A used the pulse AN/DPN-34. Bomarc B used the pulse doppler AN/DPN-53. Prior to the availability of SAGE ground control equipment, BOMARCs were guided by the AN/GPA-35 ground control system.

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Lockheed NF-94B, 51-5502, with a BOMARC missile nose section spliced on.

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This was not the only airplane modified in this way for BOMARC missile tests.

"Lockheed NF-94B-5-LO Starfire 51-5502 USAF"
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"BOMBER WITH A BOMARC NOSE"
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It could "charge on a target plane under the direction of its electronic brain and then, just before the fatal collision, be taken back in control of and steered off the collision course by a human co-pilot."
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"Cyrano-bomber" 😏

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