surveillance drones
Airborne monitoring machines
Surveillance drones are unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras or sensors to monitor people, places, or activities from above.
They range from small quadcopters used by police departments to high-altitude military aircraft conducting reconnaissance.
The term often carries negative connotations of invasive watching: Surveillance drones tracked protesters throughout the city.
Privacy advocates worry about their proliferation in domestic airspace.
- UAVCrewless aircraft
- quadcopterFour-rotor aerial vehicle
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- high altitudeGreat distance upward
- flight pathPlanned aerial trajectory
reconnaissance · covert ops · monitoring · live feed · camera · military · spy · unmanned · buzzing · hovering · watchful · predator · target · tracking · privacy · airspace · no-fly zone · remote
- defense techmilitary AI, weapons systems, AI warfare, targeting systems, missile defense
- military aviationaircraft, bombers, fighter jets, stealth, Air Force
- remote technologyremote access, remote control, remote desktop, remote monitoring, remote support
- smuggling enforcementcustoms agents, customs officers, border patrol, contraband, seizure
- Lockheed MartinSR-71, F-22, F-35, C-130, U-2
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol boats
surveillance dronescombat drones
Armed unmanned aerial vehicles
attack aircraft · cargo aircraft · rescue helicopters · passenger aircraft
surveillance dronescivil liberties
Rights limiting government power
personal freedom · anonymity · privacy rights · data protection · right to privacy
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