Off Target : American Guided Bombs, Missiles and Drones: 1917-1948
Off Target : American Guided Bombs, Missiles and Drones: 1917-1948
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Author(s): Wolf, William
ISBN No.: 9781781558164
Pages: 544
Year: 202103
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 82.80
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Acknowledgments; Foreword; Chapter 1: Pilotless Weapons: Early Development 1917-Pearl Harbor; Fathers of Remote Control; Nicola Tesla; Archibald Lowe; Sperry Aerial Torpedo/Flying Bomb, Kettering Aerial Torpedo 'Bug'; The British Queen Controlled Aircraft Influence the American Aerial Torpedo; Aerial Torpedo Resurrected Using Commercial Aircraft; General Motors A-1 (GMA-1); Chapter 2: Guided Bombs; AAF GB Series Glide Bomb; AAF VB Series Vertical Bombs; Chapter 3: Guided Missiles; 'Dragon'; 'EMR'; US Navy Development of Television Controlled Missiles; 'Robin'; SWOD (Special Weapons Ordnance Device) Series; 'Pelican'; 'Falcon'; 'Moth'; 'PMB' 'Bat'/SWOD Mk 9; 'Kingfisher'; 'Gorgon' Series; 'Gargoyle' Series; JB: Jet Bomb Series; JB-1; JB-2; JB-3; JB-4 through -9; JB-10; 'Project Bumblebee': The First SAM Missiles; 'Lark'; 'Little Joe'; 'Project Bumblebee' Ramjet Development; 'Talos' and 'Terrier'; Chapter 4: Drones Before Drones: 1935-1950; Target Drones; GL-1/2/3; Radioplane; Radioplane Models; Structure, Equipment, and Systems; A-1 through 8; PQ series; 'Katydid' Assault Drones; 'Aphrodite'; 'Anvil'; 'Castor'; 'Willie Orphan'; XBQ-1/XBQ-2/XBQ-3 ; Post-War Surplus Aircraft Drones; 'Crossroads'; Post-War QB-17 Drones; Post-War F6F Hellcat Drones; Chapter 5: US Navy Drone Program Development; History; TDNs and TDRs Described; Interstate XBDR-1; Chapter 6: 'GLOMB' (Glider Bomb) Series; XLNT and XLRN; LBE/LBP/LBT ; BDR; AAF 'GLOMB' Projects; Chapter 7: Conclusions on the American Guided Missile Program: 1917-1950; Bibliography; Index.


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