military drone
Robotic combat aircraft
A military drone is an unmanned aircraft used for surveillance, reconnaissance, or combat operations.
Drones can loiter over battlefields for hours gathering intelligence or deliver precision strikes via remote control, keeping pilots out of harm's way.
The technology has transformed modern warfare and raised ethical questions about targeted killings: The military drone struck a convoy near the border.
- UAVCrewless aircraft
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- eye in the skyAerial observation platform
- strikeForceful impact or stoppage
- PredatorAlien species hunting humans
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- robotsrobot, android, humanoid, droid, automaton
- dronesUAV, quadcopter, hexacopter, multirotor, octocopter
- unmanned vehiclesUAV, satellite, probe, rover, Mars rover
- drone warfareUAV, Predator, remote pilot
- remote controluniversal remote, infrared remote, remote control, remote, controller
military dronefighter jet
Armed military aircraft
attack helicopter · combat pilot · F-16 · Apache helicopter · B-52 bomber
military dronehumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
medical supplies · medevac · peacekeeping forces · Red Cross · ambulance
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