1941: This day marks the launch of an experimental GB-8 Glide Bomb with radio controls. The GB series of weapons are part of Project APHRODITE; a program centered on developing standoff weapon capability and more precise guidance for bombs. Although the U.S. Army Air Forces went to war with high-altitude, daylight, precision bombardment as their primary doctrine, other top secret programs were being developed by Army scientists to produce remotely piloted weapons that might keep American Airmen out of deadly flak belts over heavily defended targets. (US Army Photo)
