I have heard some former or want to be National Security Officers suggest that the National Security Agency is and has been since 1952 fifty years ahead of the private sector in many active areas of research. I have clear evidence based on one 1941 document that the United States Navy was at least fifty years ahead of the war-by -wireless technology in the Ordnance Pamphlet 770 which was printed in October 1941:
https://eugeneleeslover.com/USN-GUNS-AND-RANGE-TABLES/OP-770-1.html
The approximate maximum range of the 16-inch by 50 caliber fast battleship class Iowa artillery is around 24 miles at a maximum elevation of 45 degrees. The horizon can be calculated to be at height of 60 feet above sea level to be 1.22 * (60)^(1/2) = 9.45 miles. So, the question is how can you guarantee an accurate shot at 24 miles even with the crude radar of the day? One uses a spotter aircraft to give the accurate longitude-latitude coordinates of the enemy ship. Thus, we have GPS gunnery in 1930s-1940s technology. We are a country of warfare geniuses in the United States of North America.
I am sure there are many other examples of the U.S. getting a lot of bang for our tax dollars.





























