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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War by Frederick A. Talbot: In the upward travel the bomb-thrower decided to have a parting
shot. The airship was steadied momentarily to enable the range
to be taken, the automatic detonator was set going and the bomb
slipped into the launching tube. But for some reason or other
the missile jambed.
The situation was desperate. In a few seconds the bomb would
burst and shatter the airship. The bomb-thrower grabbed a tool
and climbing into the rigging below hacked away at the bomb-
throwing tube until the whole equipment was cut adrift and fell
clear of the vessel. Almost instantly there was a terrific
explosion in mid-air. The blast of air caused the vessel to roll
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