It is easy enough to search for what happened over the Taiwan strait in September 1958. But here is the best report I have found on the incident. https://nsarc

It is easy enough to search for what happened over the Taiwan strait in September 1958. But here is the best report I have found on the incident. https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/20515413/doc-10-taiwan-1958.pdf https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2051... TLDR: page 46: the sidewinder missile(a fully autonomous rocket powered kamikaze drone to use modern sensationalist language) was used for the first time in combat.