The bombs were small and typically launched from underneath land attack planes, making them difficult to shoot down because of their high speeds.A US navy destroyer sunk during World War II has been found nearly 7,000 metres (23,000 feet) below sea level off the Philippines, making it the world’s deepest shipwreck ever located, an American exploration team said. Naval history describes the weapon as a "deadly flying rocket bomb" in the Japanese arsenal that was designed to inflict maximum destruction on the Allied navies.
The sinking of the Abele marked one of the first successful uses of this specific type of "Ohka" flying bomb against a US ship. The Japanese men pictured above are relaxing in front of a "Betty" bomber seen in the background of the photo that is carrying an "Ohka" piloted bomb beneath its fuselage similar to the one that took down the Abele, Scot Christenson, the director of communications for the US Naval Institute, told Insider. The Ohka was a new bomb at the time created by the Japanese that could fly through the air at speeds of 600 miles per hour. The "Betty" bomber in the background is carrying an "Ohka" piloted bomb beneath its fuselage similar to the one that sank the destroyer. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
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