Russia's 'Blackjacks' fly again

"Kevin Brooks" wrote in message
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The success rate would probably have been rather higher had
a jammer for the radio control system not been rushed into
operation.

Which led to the first use of wire guided variants, IIRC--without really
changing the success rate.


The Hs-293 which did indeed have a wire guided version which was
not terribly successful.

In the case of Fritz-X development of the The Duran/Detmold FuG 208/238
wire control system was abruptly curtailed by the destruction of the
factory in an air raid.

For both weapons wire guidance reduced further the range of the weapon
requiring the aircraft fly much to close to the target than was healthy once
proximity fuses were available.

Keith