“The main thing is to make 10 UAVs a day, as Marilyn Monroe did on Radioplane,” says Yuri Kasyanov.
Yury Kasyanov, who served in the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told the story of the emergence of the world’s first mass-produced combat unmanned aerial vehicle in his share. As an example, he cited the American company Radioplane, which started the production of UAVs and later assisted the anti-aircraft artillery of the US army and navy in exercises.
Yuri said that the Radioplane drone model is the first model to be produced in large numbers in the world. They served as targets for anti-aircraft artillery – with their help, exercises were held in 1944. This helped to effectively fight the Japanese air fleet in 1945.
During World War II, the company produced more than 15,000 parts of these devices, which played a crucial role in the training of anti-aircraft gunners of the US army and navy. In the summer of 1944, he used 800 targets per squadron. A month for training, which has become a decisive factor in the fight against Japanese aviation, “the author wrote.
Radioplane has grown from a small company to the most important division of Northrop Corporation. Yuri recalled that the Radioplane employee was once the future Hollywood star Norma Jean Mortenson, whom everyone knew by the pseudonym Marilyn Monroe.
Kasyanov argues that the simplicity of construction and materials, such as metal, plywood, fabric, will not affect the effectiveness of Radioplane’s drone-like attack drone.
“If you equip it with a modern autopilot, a satellite navigation module, an altimeter, servos and load it with explosives, it can become a miraculous weapon that will carry the war into enemy territory,” Yuri assures.
The author stated that the main thing is to set up mass production and make 10 pieces per day.
We wrote earlier that a new UAV with night vision function was created in the Russian Federation. They say that it will be needed for agricultural works, but we will not be surprised if we see this model in the foreground in the future.
Source: Focus
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