330-PS-2973 (USN 708705):  Navy Launches Robot Plane to Strike Target in Korea.  A U.S. Navy F6F aircraft, equipped with special electronic equipment and armed with a powerful warhead was sent aloft recently directed to its target by an especially equipped AD-2 control plane and made to crash into objective.  This special aircraft is designed primarily for use against heavily defended targets, as the control plane can remain miles away from the target area and high above.  This AD-2 guide plane at the right of the photograph is launched from the deck of USS Boxer (CV 21).  It will climb to a designated area and stand by to take control of the guided missile after it reaches a specific altitude and will then guide it to the target.  The men of the F6F are making a final instrument check.  Photograph released September 19, 1952.  (5/12/2015).
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