re: #85 Targetpractice
I think you pretty much described >every secret weapon of WW2.
Some definitely more warped than others. Bat bombs, guided bombs using cats or pigeons, etc. as compared to tech stuff like this that simply had limited application.
And the sort-of aerial equivalent to the CDL, the Leigh Light, actually made good sense, was developed, and then used in the Battle of the Atlantic. Made good sense as part of night attacks on U-boats detected by radar.