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Kettering Bug

The Kettering Bug was an experimental unmanned aerial torpedo, a forerunner of present-day cruise missiles. It was capable of striking ground targets up to 75 miles (121 km) from its launch point, while traveling at speeds of 50 miles per hour (80 km/h). A successful test flight was made in October 1918. The Bug's costly design and operation inspired Dr.…

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Designer
Charles Kettering
First flight
2 October 1918
Manufacturer
Dayton-Wright Company
National origin
United States
Type
Missile

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Kettering Bug

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Edges24
Triples50
Avg. degree1.92
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Kettering Bug

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related to Development · 18
Kettering Bug → Bug, Charles Kettering, Dayton, Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, Dayton-Wright Bug, DePalma, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Ford Motor Company, Germany, In November, Kettering Aerial Torpedo, Kettering's, Ohio, Orville Wright, The, United States Army, US, V4
related to Flight test · 18
Kettering Bug → Allied, Amityville, Army, Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section, Bug, Bugs, By, Carlstrom, Dayton, Despite, October, Officials, Subsequent, The, The Kettering Bug, World War, World War II
related to External links · 9
Kettering Bug → Archived, Astrobiology, Astronomy, Kettering BugMonash University, Media, Space Flight, Wayback Machine, Wikimedia Commons Encyclopedia, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Designer · 1
Kettering Bug → Charles Kettering
First flight · 1
Kettering Bug → 2 October 1918
Manufacturer · 1
Kettering Bug → Dayton-Wright Company
National origin · 1
Kettering Bug → United States
Type · 1
Kettering Bug → Missile

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Kettering BugDesignerCharles Kettering1.00infobox
Kettering BugFirst flight2 October 19181.00infobox
Kettering BugManufacturerDayton-Wright Company1.00infobox
Kettering BugNational originUnited States1.00infobox
Kettering BugTypeMissile1.00infobox
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentIn November0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentUS0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentGermany0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentUnited States Army0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentCharles Kettering0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentDayton0.60section
Kettering Bugrelated to DevelopmentOhio0.60section

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