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Re: Bacham Ba 349 Natter
The Natter bridges a gap, that between a manned and unmanned SAM (albeit with an indirect means of attack)..
As so many compromises, the Natter wasn't sufficiently a combat a/c and also inefficient (as in requiring a trained pilot who risks his life even flying the thing) as a SAM.
Since the Wasserfall was also being developed, amongst other projects, it already points towards the future, as in UNmanned SAM.
Of course with the potential overcrowding of our planet we may one day return to a manned projectile* as a cheap alternative! The USAF even tested pigeons to steer their guided weapons!
(*not an original thought of mine, remember it from a SciFi short story, no idea about the title and who wrote it).
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And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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