1939 NY Times WW II newspaper 1st CRUISE MISSILE "smart bomb" DRONE is INVENTED

Description: 1939 NY Times WW II newspaper 1st CRUISE MISSILE "smart bomb" DRONE is INVENTED 1939 NY Times WW II newspaper - The 1st CRUISE MISSILE "smart bomb" DRONE is INVENTED - inv # 3C-410 Please visit our EBAY STORE for THOUSANDS MORE HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS for SALE or at auction SEE PHOTO(s) - COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the New York Times dated Oct 28, 1939. This original newspaper contains a prominent inside page headline: "AIR TORPEDO GUIDED BY TELEVISION...OFFERED ARMY". This is the earliest news coverage I have seen in a newspaper of this earliest example of a military drone (also known as an UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - UAV). An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs were originally developed through the twentieth century for military missions too "dull, dirty or dangerous" for humans, and by the twenty-first, they had become essential assets to most militaries. The US Navy began experimenting with radio-controlled aircraft during the 1930s as well, resulting in the Curtiss N2C-2 drone in 1937. The N2C-2 was remotely controlled from another aircraft, called a TG-2. N2C-2 anti-aircraft target drones were in service by 1938.The US Army Air Forces (USAAF) adopted the N2C-2 concept in 1939.[29] Obsolescent aircraft were put into service as "A-series" anti-aircraft target drones. Since the "A" code would be also used for "Attack" aircraft, later "full-sized" targets would be given the "PQ" designation. USAAF acquired hundreds of Culver "PQ-8" target drones, which were radio-controlled versions of the tidy little Culver Cadet two-seat light civil aircraft, and thousands of the improved Culver PQ-14 Cadet derivative of the PQ-8. The US also used RC aircraft, including modified B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator heavy bombers in Aphrodite and Anvil operations in combat on a small scale during World War II as very large aerial torpedoes, though with no great success and the loss of aircrew including Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.The "TDN-1" was an unmanned aerial vehicle that was developed for use in 1940. The TDN was capable of delivering a 1,000-pound bomb but never saw operational duty.The Naval Aircraft Factory assault drone "Project Fox" installed an RCA television camera in the drone and a six-inch television screen in the TG-2 control aircraft in 1941. In April 1942 the assault drone successfully delivered a demonstration torpedo attack on a US destroyer at a range of 20 miles from the TG-2 control aircraft. Another assault drone was successfully crashed into a target moving at eight knots. Excellent condition. This listing includes the complete entire original NY Times newspaper. STEPHEN A. 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