Talk:Wire-guided missile

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I changed "with a length of up to 3,750 m" to "with a length (to date) of up to 3,750 m" although I am only assuming this is what the original author meant, and that this isn't a hard theoretical limit of some kind.

I also imagine its what the author meant. I think if we are having a claim like that in the article, we should say which missile has this range -- Cabalamat 15:57, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Yes, that is a better formulation. I can not find now confirmation that a longer range does not exist yet, but concluded that earlier from what I found on Internet. - Patrick 18:16, 9 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I've seen specs for the British Swingfire that say it has a range of 4km or 5km (sources vary) -- Cabalamat 14:51, 11 Oct 2003 (UTC)

The British Army claim 4000m, so I've put it in. GraemeLeggett 17:45, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Change - removal

I reduced the entry for Hellfire and removed the Javelin missile totally as a single reference to developing alternatives to wire guidance should be sufficient, and discussion of these alternative belong under separate entries. GraemeLeggett 17:14, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Historical Accuracy

Under the history heading this article states: "Wire guidance was first employed by the Germans during World War II. Most of their developments used radio control, but as the British proved to be able to jam anything they used", but on the page for the Henschel Hs 293B anti-shipping missile, it states that the "Hs 293B was wire guided to prevent jamming; it was never put into production, because jamming was never serious enough to prevent the radio-guided version from being effective". These statements are clearly contradictory, does any one know which is accurate? Somearemoreequal 17:15, 16 November 2006 (UTC)