what if the IJN had made the 02OhkaSuicideBomb a Surface to surface missle

So in 1944 WI the IJN had made the cherry blossom into a surface to surface
Missile able to fire from a Cruiser . How much would this of changed the War .

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Not a whole lot, cruisers had no more chance of getting into launching range than did anything else.
 
If they stuck a ramjet onto it and made it into a manned V1...

...it'd still get shot out of the sky like there was no tomorrow...

...assuming the cruiser survived to get within launch range.

Otherwise, a waste ot time, due to the short range of the rocket powered version.
 
Not a whole lot, cruisers had no more chance of getting into launching range than did anything else.
About the only way I can see it working would be if the used a modified I-400 class submarine as the launch vehicle. Perhaps if they used a decent explosive and the Germans had shared the plans for shaped charges it might of become an effective weapon, but even then the problem is still hitting the actual target at the end of the ride.
 
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