Project Pigeon used visual guidance and a voting arrangement among three pigeons. That constraint makes a trans-Pacific weapon far less plausible than the earlier hypothetical assumed. A European anti-tank application fits the shorter engagement distances of the guidance method. Such a weapon might have reduced some dependence on dive bombers without becoming a universal long-range strike system.
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Visual-range pigeon guidance points toward European anti-tank warfare
A clarification about Project Pigeon's visual-range control narrows the earlier Pacific speculation and suggests a more plausible European anti-tank role.