You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take. And hundreds of the ones you do take.
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In the mid-1950s, the U.S. Navy was testing a new, radar-guided air-to-air missile, the AIM-7 Sparrow, intended for use with the next generation of jet fighters. To test the new missiles properly, the Navy converted surplus propeller-driven fighter aircraft for use as radio-operated drones.
