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The Use of Drones During the Vietnam War
- g8oz 11y agoBut how was it controlled? Satellite or VHF?
- brbsix 11y agoThere were no GPS satellites in orbit in 1968. They don't appear to be remote controlled.
- thescriptkiddie 11y agoGPS satellites do not control things.
- theoh 11y agoNor do they know where each GPS receiver is located, contrary to popular belief.
- brbsix 11y agoYes of course not. I never suggested they did. The OP asked whether they were controlled via satellite which I inferred to mean whether they were using GPS (or similar tech like NAVSAT) for navigation. VHF telemetry would be a good guess.
- brbsix 11y agoInteresting topic. I recall the first drone (or I suppose more accurately remote-controlled) aircraft crossed the Atlantic in the early 1920's. This is all off a poor recollection, but I seem to recall there were only a few simple commands. There was a copper drum with contacts (like the cylinder from an old phonograph) connected to a motor. It would receive radio signals and spin X degrees to activate various flight controls.
- flippyhead 11y agoYeah I'm always surprised to hear the stuff they had during WW2. There was radio controlled boats loaded with bombs, radio controlled planes used in nuclear bomb testing, and even anti-personal remote controlled (via a tether) mini-tanks!