A follow-up comment turns Project Habakkuk from design theory to the hazards of demonstrating an experimental material. During one such demonstration, Admiral Ernest J. King was nearly shot. The likely result would have been a flesh wound rather than a fatal injury. The closing image of an angry King pursuing Louis Mountbatten is deliberately comic, but it keeps the personalities and risks surrounding the project in view.
Notable Point · 17:03-17:58
A Habakkuk demonstration nearly wounds Admiral King
A hazardous Project Habakkuk demonstration prompts a wry account of Ernest J. King and Louis Mountbatten.