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radio guidance

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radio guidance [′rād·ē·ō ′gīd·əns]
(electronics)
Guidance of a flight-borne missile or other vehicle from a ground station by means of radio signals.


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However, she also managed to fit in a separate career as the creator of a radio guidance system used in torpedoes during the second world war.
The rocket with the first Mariner interplanetary probe on board veered off course just minutes after take-off because its radio guidance system failed.
The KBM philosophy is that radio guidance removes the traditional restrictions on missile range and flight speed imposed by the use of trailing wires.
 
 
 
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