Nikola Tesla believed that combat drones can ensure peace throughout the Earth

So, according to Tesla, a combat drone ship could look like (source: United States Patent And Trademark Office )

American engineer Matthew Schroyer (Matthew Schroyer) found in the archives of the US patent office a patent of November 8, 1898, authored by Nikola Tesla. The patent describes unmanned vehicles that are proposed to be used in many areas, including military.

Tesla saw his drones as "ships" that are powered by a wireless power transmission system. The description states that autonomous ships can be used to transport goods (mail, food, tools, ammunition, etc.). Also, automatic devices of this type can play the role of basic communications systems in remote regions and / or intelligence systems in the same regions.

Tesla wrote: “bring peace peace through mutually assured destruction. pic.twitter.com/3a9Vra5iNS

- Matthew Schroyer (@MattSchroyer) August 15, 2016

Tesla wrote that these devices do not need wires and cables, they will move and be controlled thanks to "waves, pulses or radiation that is transmitted through the earth, water and air." Such signals, according to the author, can reach any object within the effective range. Probably, we can say that Nikola Tesla foresaw the possible use of radio waves as an element of the control system technology. Radio waves are not mentioned in the patent, but at that time they were already known and used for communication.
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The patent, which was discovered by an American, is called "Description of the method and device for controlling the mechanism of moving vessels or vehicles."

Nikola Tesla believed that automatic devices could also be used as weapons, and so powerful that people, knowing about their infinite destructiveness, would stop fighting. The patent states that this will help establish a "stable peace among the nations."


Kettering Air Torpedo

The first military drone can be considered the " Kettering air torpedo ". This device was created during the First World War. It represented a small unmanned propeller-driven airplane shelves, which was intended to run with "zeppelin". Probably, these aircraft can be considered a prototype of modern tactical missiles used by the military. This system could take off and from the ground. Its range of action - 120 km. Purpose - remote attacks on cities and enemy locations.