Did you know, the first guided missiles...
25-11-2006, 12:56 PM
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Did you know, the first guided missiles...
... were guided by pigeons!!!
I kid you not & gods honest truth but the very first guided missiles were guided by pigeons stuffed in the nose cone!
They would train the pigeon to peck a pane of glass at an image of a ship (or other target) and every time they did this the pigeon got some grain despenced as a reward.
By them pecking at the glass it would set off a relay and stear the missile!!
Fortunely while tested sucsessfully, it was never actually used in combat!
And yes I was watching QI last nigh
I kid you not & gods honest truth but the very first guided missiles were guided by pigeons stuffed in the nose cone!
They would train the pigeon to peck a pane of glass at an image of a ship (or other target) and every time they did this the pigeon got some grain despenced as a reward.
By them pecking at the glass it would set off a relay and stear the missile!!
Fortunely while tested sucsessfully, it was never actually used in combat!
And yes I was watching QI last nigh
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