The antiaircraft trebuchet, the ultimate weapon. It could launch a boulder so high that the Canberra had to fly below washing line height as a defensive measure.
Fact of the Day (Update) During the Battle of Heraclea 280BC #RAFLuton lost over 57 Spitfires from the Combined Reconnaissance Operations Wing to enemy stone catapult fire. This led to the popular phrase "Stone the crows" #AvGeekpic.twitter.com/gocXSQbSPl
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Those pyrrhic limestone smart boulders were a game changer.
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If I'm correct this is actually a stray shot which took out a MK IVX Spitfire whilst David was shooting his Smith and Wesson Catapult at Goliath.
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Sadly, the memorial to this event has fallen into disrepair. Crowds of protestors can be seen lobbying for restoration. The inscription " we is stoned immaculate" appears to have been a mistranslation of the original phrase.pic.twitter.com/1xBc245q0e
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A photo taken at the time of construction perhaps explains the mistranslation.pic.twitter.com/3NogujxR2P
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Is that frozen ordure dropped from a passing Vulcan?
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282BC.
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A lucky shot a cloak of invisibility is useless in such cases, lucky they did get your beloved Canberra
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Hang on, I thought the massive asteroid wasn't due to hit until early November???
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Its 2020 - even the end of the world is annoying
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