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OFF TARGET AMERICA'S GUIDED BOMBS . FTH028

OFF TARGET

America's guided bombs, missiles and drones 1917-1950

William WOLF

2021, 544 pages, format 18 x 25.5, nombreuses photos NB, texte en anglais.

59,00 €

Descriptif

Every week, mass media highlights the use of drones and guided missiles against terrorists and the recreational use of drones has become commonplace.

The Nazi development of guided missiles and bombs during the Second World War is often given credit for America’s Cold War success in this realm; however, it was during the war that America also began the development of systems and weapons that laid the foundation for today’s technology.

Off Target: America’s Guided Bombs, Missiles and Drones 1917-1948 relates in detail the then ‘secret’ research, development and combat employment of these early guided bombs, missiles and drones from 1917 to 1950.

Using formerly secret/confidential manuals, reports, microfilm printouts and photos collected over forty years, William Wolf gives a detailed look at this unknown topic that progressed from biplane drones to sophisticated post-Second World War guided missiles.

Among the subjects discussed are Sperry’s aerial torpedo and the Kettering ‘Bug’ of the First World War to early rudimentary GB Series glide bombs to the more sophisticated VB Series that evolved from radio, heat, light or television guidance.

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