I’m guessing that the early missiles were actually rockets.
Here’s some info from an unreliable source:
The Hughes AIM-4 Falcon was the first operational guided air-to-air missile of the United States Air Force.
Development began in 1946; the weapon was first tested in 1949.
The missile entered service with the USAF in 1956 (after the Korean war ended).
Some AiM-4s could have been fired in the Korean war on a test basis.
The Aim-4 did not have a proximity fuse. It was hit-to-kill.
“Ukrainian intelligence: ‘Invasion from Belarus’ part of Russia’s psy-ops.
Andriy Yusov, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence, said there was currently “no threat from Belarus of a full-scale ground operation, its participation on the side of Russia.””
https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1616840268497420289
Russia harassing USAF Global Hawk Forte11 spy drone currently watching Crimea and Zaporizhzhia over the Black Sea today. Zaporizhzhia being watched by US spy drones closely over the past week.
You know I think you were right - it was Nam I was thinking about - so many wars, WWII- Ukraine, in my life they sometimes get details mixed up