During World War II, B. F. Skinner was to head up "Project Pigeon," where
A)he would train pigeons to carry messages between army camps.
B)he would train pigeons to guide missiles to their targets.
C)he was to train pigeons to drop bombs on the enemy.
D)pigeons were used as projectiles and shot out of cannons.

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B. F. Skinner was tasked with training pigeons to guide missiles to their targets. He believed that pigeons were capable of accurately pecking at screens to control the direction of a missile. However, the project was ultimately abandoned in favor of more advanced technologies such as radar.