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Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:11 am
Neighbour and I got to talking about Drone warfare, and the latest Ukrainian tanker attacks.
He reckoned first 'Drone' was V_1.
As V_1 simply gyro steered, I suggested the Luftwaffe 'Glide Bomb', dropped by 'Mother Plane', steered by TV. Caused some problems on D-Day, doing 'Hit & Run' attacks ?
Then there was the US version, with frequency-hopping invented by a very clever actress wearing one of her other hats. Heddy Lamarr ??
Also famous as was documented by *that* Ronald Reagan who, in passing, talent-spotted Technician named Norma Greene. Who, before later spiral of medical problems caused by endometriosis, was *much* cleverer than oft-ditzy look.
I mentioned the WW_1 'Kettering Bug' which, like better tanks, did not see significant service before German collapse.
He laughed, offered vile Medieval sieges, whose trebuchets tossed diseased animals, prisoners' heads and even wild-bee hives.
I countered with the Roman approach to drone warfare: Bagpipes...
Nik_SpeakerToCats wrote: ↑Sun Nov 30, 2025 11:11 am
Neighbour and I got to talking about Drone warfare, and the latest Ukrainian tanker attacks.
He reckoned first 'Drone' was V_1.
As V_1 simply gyro steered, I suggested the Luftwaffe 'Glide Bomb', dropped by 'Mother Plane', steered by TV. Caused some problems on D-Day, doing 'Hit & Run' attacks ?
Then there was the US version, with frequency-hopping invented by a very clever actress wearing one of her other hats. Heddy Lamarr ??
Also famous as was documented by *that* Ronald Reagan who, in passing, talent-spotted Technician named Norma Greene. Who, before later spiral of medical problems caused by endometriosis, was *much* cleverer than oft-ditzy look.
I mentioned the WW_1 'Kettering Bug' which, like better tanks, did not see significant service before German collapse.
He laughed, offered vile Medieval sieges, whose trebuchets tossed diseased animals, prisoners' heads and even wild-bee hives.
I countered with the Roman approach to drone warfare: Bagpipes...
