Method for providing control commands for a vehicle which can be steered to a target using an operating unit, the target being situated at a commanded target position in a commanded direction, by sequentially displaying image data from an image capture device of the vehicle on an image display device of the operating unit connected to the vehicle via a data transmission connection, the image capture device having an optical axis which is also referred to as the viewing direction, having the steps of: a) acquiring the data relating to an image recorded by the image capture device and compressing the acquired image data; b) acquiring current vehicle state data at the time at which the image is recorded in step a), comprising sensing the actual pivot angle of the image capture device representing the current direction of the optical axis of the image capture device and calculating the direction and position of the optical axis of the image in the vehicle and calculating the direction and position of the target in the vehicle using the current commanded target position; c) transmitting the compressed image data and the acquired vehicle state data containing the direction and position of the optical axis of the image and the direction and position of the target from the vehicle to the operating unit via the data transmission connection; d) decompressing the transmitted image data; e) displaying a transmitted image obtained from the decompressed image data on the image display device; f) indicating the direction of the optical axis of the image capture device in the displayed image; g) indicating the direction of movement of the vehicle in the displayed image; h) indicating the direction to the position of the current commanded target in the displayed image; i) inputting an operator command for a new target position by an operator via the operating unit; j) calculating a new commanded target position on the basis of the operator command in the operating unit; k) predicting the image displayed on the image display device on the basis of a model of the missile and gimbal dynamics using the new commanded target position calculated in step j) and the actual current optical axis of the image received in step c) and the current commanded target position in the operating unit; l) displaying the predicted image on the image display device; m) transmitting the new commanded target position to the vehicle via the data transmission connection, whereupon the direction of movement of the vehicle is changed; repeating steps a) to h) and j) to m) as long as new operator commands are input in step i). a) acquiring the data relating to an image recorded by the image capture device and compressing the acquired image data; b) acquiring current vehicle state data at the time at which the image is recorded in step a), comprising sensing the actual pivot angle of the image capture device representing the current direction of the optical axis of the image capture device and calculating the direction and position of the optical axis of the image in the vehicle and calculating the direction and position of the target in the vehicle using the current commanded target position; c) transmitting the compressed image data and the acquired vehicle state data containing the direction and position of the optical axis of the image and the direction and position of the target from the vehicle to the operating unit via the data transmission connection; d) decompressing the transmitted image data; e) displaying a transmitted image obtained from the decompressed image data on the image display device; f) indicating the direction of the optical axis of the image capture device in the displayed image; g) indicating the direction of movement of the vehicle in the displayed image; h) indicating the direction to the position of the current commanded target in the displayed image; i) inputting an operator command for a new target position by an operator via the operating unit; j) calculating a new commanded target position on the basis of the operator command in the operating unit; k) predicting the image displayed on the image display device on the basis of a model of the missile and gimbal dynamics using the new commanded target position calculated in step j) and the actual current optical axis of the image received in step c) and the current commanded target position in the operating unit; l) displaying the predicted image on the image display device; m) transmitting the new commanded target position to the vehicle via the data transmission connection, whereupon the direction of movement of the vehicle is changed;