Apparently, the same concept was later used to spot life rafts from coastguard search & rescue helicopters.
"In testing on the helicopter, the pigeons spotted targets on the first pass 90% of the time. The human crewmembers were capable of finding the target on the first pass only 38% of the time. In passes where both humans and the pigeons spotted the target, the pigeon spotted it first 84% of the time."
Thats absolutely amazing!! I'm blown away that they can be trained so well to not only identify a specific object but also to communicate it to people.
Search and rescue sounds like a much more reasonable application for their super senses. Plus, helicopter rides definitely seem more fun than missile rides.