weaponized drones

Armed flying robots

Weaponized drones are unmanned aerial vehicles equipped to deliver lethal force—carrying missiles, bombs, or guns.

Military drones conduct airstrikes and targeted killings; improvised versions appear in insurgencies and terrorist attacks.

The term also covers drones modified to drop explosives or crash into targets: The base was attacked by weaponized drones overnight.

Related

kill zone · surveillance · rotary-wing · first-person view · remote pilot · machine guns · reconnaissance · grenades · strike · GPS navigation · targeting · electronic warfare · whir · payload · buzzing · psychological warfare · sensor arrays · border patrol

Opposites
military purpose

weaponized dronessurveillance drones

Remote aircraft for monitoring

reconnaissance drones · defensive systems

warfare method

weaponized dronesground troops

Soldiers operating on land

infantry · boots on the ground · hand-to-hand combat · diplomatic solutions · peace negotiations

lethality/purpose

weaponized droneslife-saving equipment

Tools for rescuing people

Family

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Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13