JetScootr t1_je5r6tg wrote on March 29, 2023 at 4:40 PM

Reply to comment by KNHaw in TIL Early drones were developed during the First World War. These radio controlled planes were primarily for target practice but by 1942 a drone with a built in TV camera was capable of delivering a torpedo to a ship 20 miles from the controller. by jamescookenotthatone

That's what Wild Weasels (piloted F4 phantoms) did in Viet Nam - they'd go in first to get the enemy to turn on their radars, which they would then shoot up with radar-seeking missiles.

neoplastic_pleonasm t1_je5zsr8 wrote on March 29, 2023 at 5:34 PM

Their mission was so crazy that their motto became "You've Got To Be Shitting Me"