TITLE

Attack of The Drones

PUB. DATE

March 2010

SOURCE

Current Events;3/29/2010, Vol. 109 Issue 21, p4

SOURCE TYPE

Periodical

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

The article reports on the major contribution of drones in the fight for terrorism in the U.S. It notes that the country uses two types of drones, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper, in the battlefields of Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. It states that these drones are smart killing machines even though they are relatively smaller than warplanes. It stresses that the drones are powerful weapons packed with sensors, cameras, missiles, and detecting devices.

ACCESSION #

49091125

Tags: DRONE aircraft;  VEHICLES, Remotely piloted;  TERRORISM -- United States;  MILITARY airplanes

 

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