WW1 SAM

[World B4]

sorry for the nature of the title requiring all caps
http://warnepieces.blogspot.com/2012/07/the-predators-ancestors-uavs-in-great.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_unmanned_aerial_vehicles_of_World_War_IIs this the first ever SAM?

 

[Dilandu]

Is this the first ever SAM?

Sorta. There was a Russian proposal circa 1915 about acoustic-guided "flying torpedo" that would launch from rail and home on airplane engine noise, but it was just a proposal, which went nowhere. As far as I know, the "Aerial Target" was the first surface-to-air guided weapon actually build and tested.