Ship Strike: History of Air-launched Anti-ship Missile Systems

This is the story of how the first steps to deliver a torpedo from an aircraft were made, a story of both the aircraft and the weapons themselves - from the creation of the torpedo-bomber and its rapid wartime development, to today's helicopter-borne models of amazing sophistication.This is the story of the airborne anti-ship missile's entire development span, with many reports of wartime actions and people involved.