The task forces sailed from Japanese bases in New Britain and New Ireland down New Georgia Sound (also known as "the Slot"), with the intention of interrupting the Allied landings by attacking the supporting amphibious fleet and its screening force.
ENTERTAINMENT Most of United's fleet has overhead screens that show in-flight movies.
According to the patent, many UAVs would fly together as a fleet carrying projection screens, again for the purpose of a show.
Think about it: adding to an entire fleet hundreds of screens with built-in computers, video servers, licensing content, and keeping everything running has to be insanely expensive.
The clouds would appear as a continuous blip, similar to one created by an approaching fleet, on German screens.
By dropping chaff in progressive patterns, Royal Air Force (RAF) bombers were able to create the illusion of a large fleet on coastal radar screens.
In his review in Variety, Todd McCarthy called it "both sharp and fleet" and "a satisfying screen version of Stephen Sondheim's landmark 1979 theatrical musical... things have turned out uniformly right thanks to highly focused direction by Tim Burton, expert screw-tightening by scenarist John Logan, and haunted and musically adept lead performances from Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.
Tasked with screening for the fleet, Stuttgart and the torpedo boat were positioned at the rear of the fleet, astern of the II Battle Squadron.
Tasked with screening for the fleet, Hamburg and the torpedo boat were positioned on the port side of the fleet, abreast of the II Battle Squadron.
Tasked with screening for the fleet, München and the torpedo boat were positioned on the starboard side of the fleet, abreast of the III Battle Squadron.
