How The U.S. Navy Carried Out The First FPV Drone Strikes In 1944
FPVs kamikaze drones have become the signature weapon of the war in Ukraine, but the U.S. Navy was using them eighty years ago on the Pacific.
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FPVs kamikaze drones have become the signature weapon of the war in Ukraine, but the U.S. Navy was using them eighty years ago on the Pacific.
Long before Ukraine and Russia were using Switchblades and Shaheds against each other, the US Navy was using TDR-1 drones to attack Japanese targets.
Used against Japanese naval assets during WW2, the American TDR-1 is one of the earliest combat UAVs ever used in combat.
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