They could repetitively test a new design—a V-shaped hull, for example, that deflects the blast—until the armored beast survived.
There is a lot of conversation about a slow recovery versus a V-shaped recovery, and that's not how I per se see the world.
And thither he went and saw in the gap of the low hills beyond a V-shaped level of moonlit water that glittered and yet lay still.
The portion of the whole thickness of the lid together with the growth is excised by a V-shaped incision (Fig. 159).
The V-shaped piece from the centre of waist or breast began to spread over the shoulders, where it was opened, as in Fig.
The end is ground V-shaped and to an angle of 60 degrees, which corresponds to the angle of a standard V-thread.
The mandible is V-shaped, with a slight inflection of the angle, and a distinct postarticular process.