the navy has decided to focus on getting their old-fashioned torpedoes to work, not in developing a completely new system with a complicated guidance system.” “Even though our system is superior?” I was incredulous. “Even though.” He paused, as if it pained him to explain further. “Of course, the navy is not openly admitting to their torpedo problems, so my sources tell me that they’re blaming their decision to reject our proposal on the grounds that our system is too heavy.” “What? That makes no sense, George.” “I know. They said that our invention was too large to be used with the average
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