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The Japanese military were running out of men, ships, planes, tanks, ammunition, and ordnance (bombs & artillery shells). In order to "make hits count", rather than have miss's or shot down aircraft before they even reached a target...it was decided to "Guide the bombs to their targets", via a pilot. Unlike a traditional pilot flying to his target, releasing his bombs, then flying away...the traditional pilot RISKs being shot down. A Kamikaze Pilot "normally" can strike his target even if "shot down." He can guide his crashing airplane (with it's bomb still attached to the airplane) into it's target. Therefore; the Kamikaze HAD TO BE DESTROYED IN THE AIR, rather than being simply shot down. The Kamikaze was simply a "Manned" guided missile.

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