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V-1 Missiles Once Terrorized Britain. Now They’re Home to Starfish.
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V-1 Missiles Once Terrorized Britain. Now They’re Home to Starfish.

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Tons of toxic German munitions, dumped in the Baltic and North Seas after World War II, have become an unlikely refuge for marine life, a new study has found.

Late into World War II, Nazi Germany introduced the Fieseler Fi 103, or V-1, flying bomb, an early cruise missile. It was the first of the Wunderwaffen, or “wonder weapons,” that were supposed to turn the tide of war back in Germany’s favor. (There w... [5346 chars]

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Source: The New York Times

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