"BAT" GLIDER BOMB TRACKS DOWN TARGET
NEW YORK, March 10. The Bcll Telephoue Laboratories liavc annoiinced the "bat" glider bonib, with radar in its nose, a new iuvention which autoniatieally trackcd down eneiuy warsiiips and mcrehantmen for niiles unlil it hit the target. The " bat. " has a range of several niiles and explodes xvhen it strikes the target. The glider bomb, which is about 12 feet long, with a 10ft. -wingspread, is dropi»ed bv the mother plane. ll received its nanie from the fact that a natural bat guides itself by sujicrsonic waves. The glider was in aetion in 19-15 against Japauese "shipping.
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Chronicle (Levin), 12 March 1946, Page 2
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