Gnat as a DACT machine.

[Radish]

The Gnats would be pretty old by now anyway, but in whatiffery, the '70s world might benefit from Gnat gighters and DACT too.
Too tiny for Meerkats, but I have a 1/72nd Wookie

And how about a nifty reconnaisance aircraft.

[The Wooksta!]

Here's a thought though: how about using it's small size to simulate a missile for training purposes?

It's happened. The RAF got there first. Gnats in close proximity to Vulcans were used to simulate bombers with stand off missiles during exercises in the late 60s/early 70s. 

[Mossie]

The Gnats would be pretty old by now anyway, but in whatiffery, the '70s world might benefit from Gnat gighters and DACT too.
Too tiny for Meerkats, but I have a 1/72nd Wookie

And how about a nifty reconnaisance aircraft.

What do you feed your Meerkats on to make them bigger than a Wookie???

[Radish]

Mongooses

[TallEng]

If one were to use Gnats as DACT aircraft in the late 60's and 70's would they have
used Inert Sidewinders/Red tops etc, to simulate missile launches and send back/record data
of the Dogfights or hadn't they thought of that sort of thing then? Or was Eletrickery/Lazionics
Not advanced/small enough then?

Regards
Keith(just finishing Nights)   

[kitbasher]

Gnat gighters

And gottle of geer, Radish?
I think you need to get your dentures sorted, mon brave!

[Geoff]

I always thought the Gnat would have been ideal as a Patchwork World fighter.