If you consider remote guided missiles and artillery in the same family there is a great bit of history just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. A restored Nike missile site.
The idea was to defend US cities from nuclear armed bomber squadrons by firing 20Mton nuclear warheads in the middle of the incoming squadron. The issue was on board radar was not available so they were guided by land based radar. To resulting control problem meant a range limitation initially of about 25 miles.
Interesting way to defend yourself.
The icbm and these missiles drove the development of control theory. The topic needs a good popular history treatment if you know any authors and historians.
If you consider remote guided missiles and artillery in the same family there is a great bit of history just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. A restored Nike missile site.
The idea was to defend US cities from nuclear armed bomber squadrons by firing 20Mton nuclear warheads in the middle of the incoming squadron. The issue was on board radar was not available so they were guided by land based radar. To resulting control problem meant a range limitation initially of about 25 miles.
Interesting way to defend yourself.
The icbm and these missiles drove the development of control theory. The topic needs a good popular history treatment if you know any authors and historians.
https://www.nps.gov/goga/nike-missile-site.htm
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory
I thought Armenia-Azerbaijan War a coupla years back was when drones were the shizzlel?