Military Robotics - Airborne

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DATE : Mon, 9 Oct 2006 23:05:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2006-10-09 23:05:00
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This is the second part of a two part episode on military robotics:

• UAVs or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• RQ-2 Pioneer: Israeli/American recon UAV
• RQ-1 Predator: American high endurance recon UAV, armed with Hellfire missiles
• RQ-4 Global Hawk: American high altitude recon UAV
• USV or Unmanned Space Vehicles
• Key Hole Series: Visual Recon Satellites
• Mentor Satellite Series: Audio communications espionage device
• Lacrosse Satellite Series: Visual Recon, can see through clouds and 10 feet of dirt
• GPS Satellite Series: Used by troops to pinpoint their locations
• Anti-satellites: Armed with nuclear weapons, used to bring down other satellites
• Anti-Anti-Satellites: Satellites armed with missiles to bring down anti-satellites
• SDI Laser Satellites: Satellites that shoot down incoming missiles

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