In the age of warfare, all the way back to Hitler’s Lightning war, many people who fought for our country were killed on the front lines. In the past decade, the U.S. Military had a solution that would cut back on the number of people mowed down in the battlefield: Drones. Before these Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV’s) were militarized, they were used all around the world for reconnaissance missions, and to spy on other countries. After drones acquired the power to wipe out an enemy threat, they changed the age of warfare in many ways.
Today, the number of different drones has increased, each one having a specific use. For example the reaper: sleek, fast, and deadly. It’s used to go somewhere, take out a target, and return. Its capability for longer flight time is limited. Another is the global hawk: used only for surveillance, its name lives up to its meaning. It can survey up to 40,000 square miles in a day. Lastly, the predator: the #1 drone that is the perfect hunter-gather UAV. It has been used for the mission to track and kill Al-Queda’s, Abu Yahya al-Libi. It carries hellfire missiles that pack a punch. You, the reader are probably being watched by one of these.
The U.S puts millions of dollars into their drone budget for the highest up-to-date technology to add on to the superpower of the skies. Last year, Iran's armed forces shot down a US spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along its eastern border. RQ-170, the drone shot down, had high technology ranging into the billions of dollars. The Iranians have probably copied the technology for their own.
UAV’s have come a long way from the original: camera attached to a glider. Today’s unarmed drones are sold privately around the world for people to experience the thrill of flying around an area behind a TV and a controller.
Today, the number of different drones has increased, each one having a specific use. For example the reaper: sleek, fast, and deadly. It’s used to go somewhere, take out a target, and return. Its capability for longer flight time is limited. Another is the global hawk: used only for surveillance, its name lives up to its meaning. It can survey up to 40,000 square miles in a day. Lastly, the predator: the #1 drone that is the perfect hunter-gather UAV. It has been used for the mission to track and kill Al-Queda’s, Abu Yahya al-Libi. It carries hellfire missiles that pack a punch. You, the reader are probably being watched by one of these.
The U.S puts millions of dollars into their drone budget for the highest up-to-date technology to add on to the superpower of the skies. Last year, Iran's armed forces shot down a US spy plane that violated Iranian airspace along its eastern border. RQ-170, the drone shot down, had high technology ranging into the billions of dollars. The Iranians have probably copied the technology for their own.
UAV’s have come a long way from the original: camera attached to a glider. Today’s unarmed drones are sold privately around the world for people to experience the thrill of flying around an area behind a TV and a controller.
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