Unmanned, but now armed.(Drones: armed) From: Armada International | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Braybrook, Roy | COPYRIGHT 2006 Armada International. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

One of the most significant aerospace advances in the early years of the 21st Century has been the successful operational introduction of US armed drone aircraft in the ground attack role. Above all, such systems offer the long-term prospect of reducing aircrew losses in high-risk missions such as defence-suppression (and in cross-border strikes of dubious legality).

Because they are generally much smaller and thus less easily detected than their manned equivalents, dron...

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