tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post3692944924010751901..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Drones in theory (Part 1: Introduction)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-80227321383521230952014-02-27T20:30:30.850+01:002014-02-27T20:30:30.850+01:00"Guided munitions are similarly old; remote-c..."Guided munitions are similarly old; remote-controlled torpedo gliders were already tested in 1917; precision guided munitions were in principle available before bombers had a useful-enough payload."<br /><br />Stupid me thinks these are all the tools necessary to launch strikes from outside gun range during the last naval battles of WWI and would have been one of the first ideas to launch during WWII. In comparison, pilots or even naval aviators are an expensive commodity likely to be rapidly used up if striking on hardend military targets.<br />Isn't there someone publishing on the application of radio controlled devices during the great wars or in their aftermath?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com