The first British aircraft to use this system was the country's first jet fighter, called the Meteor, which first saw combat in 1944, chasing and shooting down many German V I unmanned missiles heading for London.

"An unmanned self-programmed missile."

If you consider your own memories of the Gulf War, you would have experienced it on the television - gun-camera footage of an unmanned missile attacking a bunker.

In addition, the Air Force was increasingly of the opinion that unmanned intercontinental ballistic missiles could accomplish the mission of the B-70 Valkyrie/F-108 Rapier combination much more effectively and at far lower cost.

In June 1944, however, the first German V-1 flying bombs were launched against London and the Tempest's excellent low-altitude performance made it one of the preferred tools for dealing with the small fast-flying unmanned missiles.

In addition, a boost-glide aircraft may be recoverable, acting as a manned bomber, or as an unmanned non-recoverable missile.

The Mrdinis had, on the other hand, improved space ships, peripheral technologies, and more effective unmanned missiles.

In early 1937, Gosslau developed proposals for a remote, unmanned missile for special military use.

Why can't unmanned missiles perform the same task at a fraction of the price?

It was fought at unimaginable distances with fire-beams, cannon shells, unmanned missiles.