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Just riding around with a RC anti-tank rocket system

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I give you, the Yugoimport MILICA remote controlled short-range anti-tank system!

According to Yugo:

“MILICA“ is a modern remote controlled short-range anti-tank system on an unmanned two-tracked vehicle based on the newest IP and wireless technology. The main purpose of this system is the protection of expected attack routes of MBT (Main Battle Tanks) and other types of AFV (Armored Fighting Vehicle) and system also can be engaged for tactical destructions of different types of field fortified objects. The system is also very effective as a support for special infantry units during the action of intelligence, observation, and monitoring on unsecured areas on different types of fields and also in urban conditions.

The system has modular capabilities with the possibility of the simple changing type of weapons. It works in all weather conditions and almost on all types of grounds. The system has a possibility of building a great network of same type systems and connecting them with a command information system (C4I) on the higher level. It is possible to control and command with dozens of systems from only one command post.

The Birth of the RC Weapons

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Cruise missiles, unmanned air vehicles, unmanned underwater vehicles, and other forms of remote control drones are all the rage today. Over the skies of Kandahar and Baghdad today fly remotely operated aircraft that carry smart weapons of their own, ready for use at a moments notice. In the Baltic Sea the German navy has for years used ‘troika’ drones, small radio controlled boats, to sweep minefields without putting sailors at risk. Your modern military thinkers believe that this will be the way of future combat arranged in graceful patterns for the coming century.

However what a lot of people fail to realize is that this space age 21st technology was actually produced in the 19th. In 1898 at Madison Square Garden the uber-genius Nikola Tesla (no relation to the 90’s neo-hair band of the same name) thrilled spectators with a remote controlled boat capable of becoming a warship with very little modification.

Tesla offered his design to the navy then without success— but today maybe they should pay his estate royalties?