Grasshopper (robot weather station)

The Grasshopper was a project by the

air strikes

.

With the USAF Grasshopper after being parachuted down from a long range

strike aircraft

would arrive near the target.

References

"Grasshopper" Spies On The Enemy" , June 1951, Popular Science the USAF development, and one of the few articles known on the subject with extremely rare photos
"Air Dropped Robot Broadcast Weather" , January 1956, Popular Mechanics US Navy developed Grasshopper, modified for Antarctic research

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