So I’ve been looking into this for a few weeks. It’s hard to to explore the globe earth theory as all debunkers are jack asses who responses are basically if you don’t know physics you’re a retard and I can’t help you lol. My conclusion so far is NASA is definitely lying about shit and in reality it seems like their is a lot of people who will never be convinced of a globe unless they can see a curve for them selves. Honestly why do globe defenders get so bent out of shape if it’s such a stupid thing to think the earth is flat. If I was arguing with an idiot I wouldn’t even entertain them. What is the purpose of people pushing flat earth. Flat earthers definitely give a reason to why globe theory is pushed so hard. I would like see some level headed debunkers that can actually explain to a normal person why flat earth is wrong and answers to their questions. I find plenty of explanation for flat earth that answers alot of what global theory people say debunk flat earth.
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A point to consider. If earth is flat and not rotating then why would naval gunnery require rotation of the earth for calculating their shots? Hitting a target is pretty important to those guys, considering if the enemy hits you and hits you more before you can hit them, you die and they don’t. It’s honestly really important to shoot and hit something with a 16 inch shell that weighs over 2000 pounds and does significant barrel wear each shot. There was no space race or nasa or optics to consider like today when these calculations were being used to hit the target in 1944. If these corrections aren’t required then adding them would lead to a larger number of misses, where as including them leads to actually hitting the target. Unless flat earth theory has an explanation as for why adding globe earth math into weapon trajectory calculations to make them more accurate, I have to side with the globe model. Plus every other celestial body being spherical when it reaches a large enough size adds more credence. Sphere moon. Sphere sun. Sphere planets in our solar system.
Please send a link to any official gunnery table documents making this claim of accounting for the rotation of the earth, otherwise I will claim this to be untrue as I have looked into this and found no such evidence. Thank you
https://www.mathscinotes.com/2017/12/earths-curvature-and-battleship-gunnery/
This page gives a good breakdown on the math and redoing the tables. He includes his sources and provides his math. You’re welcome.
https://eugeneleeslover.com/USN-GUNS-AND-RANGE-TABLES/OP-770-1.html
Navy Department Bureau of Ordnance Bureau of Ordnance Circular Letter No. F8-43 Date: 2 September 1943 Subject: Range Ballistic Corrections due to rotation and curvature of the earth—method of handling
Fifth scan down on the page given.
Eugeneleeslover.com ? Lmao I'm not clicking that or trusting that source. Nice try though
I listed the page as the source for the scanned material you asked for. I also gave you the bureau of ordnance letter number itself as well as the date. You are free of course to request the document officially yourself or search for a scan of it on a website you do trust.
This is absolutely true, and one of the most damning facts against the flat earth nonsense. Even as far back as the first world war, every artilleryman on both sides was being taught to calculate for both curvature and rotation of the earth in their math in order to hit targets.
While we are talking about military evidence, there is also the damning proof of radar: radar has an exceptionally long range limited only by the power you pump into the set, but cannot see over the curvature of the earth.
The original LORAN navigation system used radio pulses and could triangulate your position over 1500 miles. Radar also can work over 100 miles from a ship, way beyond the curvature.
Interesting I haven’t heard of that I’ll have to check that out
Long range sniper shots laying on the dirt require the same math. If you’re firing at something far enough away to set world records you’ll need to understand trigonometry. Factoring for wind, your speed, enemy speed and bearing, if you’re shooting east to west or west to east, all this shit matters if you actually wanna hit the thing you’re shooting at. This is something I recommend testing and having fun with lol. Of course I support all responsible adults having firearm proficiency and impeccable accuracy. Shooting at a burglar and hitting the neighbours dog ain’t exactly helping.
The Coriolis effect only applies to the spin of the bullet, not the spin of the earth as claimed.. I have not seen this statement in any military sniping manuals and I have a few of them.