Comment by somat

It is easy enough to search for what happened over the Taiwan strait in September 1958. But here is the best report I have found on the incident.

https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/sites/default/files/documents/2051...

TLDR: page 46: the sidewinder missile(a fully autonomous rocket powered kamikaze drone to use modern sensationalist language) was used for the first time in combat.