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Well, this video in Austin (Texas?) claims there is a spray, when applied to your vehicle’s license plate, can shield it from being capture by traffic cameras. In other words, you can beat any traffic lights you want, and speed past any speed cameras on any road and yet remain scot free. The question is, even while it did work in the simulation, do you dare to risk it to test its effectiveness against a real traffic camera? In Singapore, the risk will be a hefty fine, and most probably losing your license if this is all a hoax. But if it does work, it will definitely raise accident rates, and it sure will be a darling to all hell drivers and those ‘Initial-D’ wannabes. |
Ramming was used when the Chinese ran out of shells (or according to the Chinese version of events, when they found the ‘newly purchased American manufactured ammunition’ to be dummies.
In the end the Japanese sank the Chinese warships using torpedoes (and I am wondering why the Chinese ones didn’t have any.) Once the Chinese flagship the Dingyuan was sunk, the other warships turned tail and ran. And I suspect one even ran aground so the Japanese will leave them alone. Reminds me of the Battle of Diu, in which after Portuguese warships gave the Muslim fleet a wallop, the remaining Muslim ships lost the spirit to fight and ran themselves aground as well.
You are right. I have heard the arguments you mentioned. I have also read from two accounts of two things:
1. The Chinese were resorting to ramming tactics which were easily evaded whereas the Japanese were relying on firepower.
2. Japanese shells were mostly bouncing off the Chinese armoured ships.
Another thing I read is that the Chinese ships were German in origin while the Japanese ones had were Anglo-German.
who ever marketing/selling this to “protect” the motorist beating the traffic cameras …. i wish u all get run down by one of such a vehicle .. totally disabled but stay alive like a worm for the next 70 years
According to some commentaries I read, the Qing Dynasty’s Beiyang Fleet was the eight best in the world before its defeat in the Sino-Japanese war of 1894. More on the Beiyang Fleet in Wikipedia.
Either way, it wasn’t Chinese equipment or the abilities of the Chinese sailors that lost them the war. Chinese historians generally believed that the funds for purchasing ammunition were siphoned off by the Empress Dowager Cixi and corrupted officials and point to some shells being found to be dummies in the midst of battle.
Off-Topic Comment:
Hey dude, I saw a Chinese model kit of one of their pre-dreadnoughts from the 1894-95 Sino-Japanese War last weekend. I’m staggered!
It’s got barbettes! It’s so cool!