Military Drones: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Uavs)

Over the last 20 years, the role of unmanned aircraft systems in modern warfare has grown at an unprecedented rate. No longer simply used for intelligence, data collection, or reconnaissance, drones are routinely used for target acquisition and to strike enemy targets with missiles and bombs. Military Drones provides a detailed insight into the specialist military unmanned aerial vehicles that play a key role in the modern battle space. These include classics, such as the MQ-1 Predator, primarily used for intelligence gathering
the Black Hornet Nano, a micro UAV that is so small it can fit in the palm of your hand and is used by ground troops for local situational awareness
the Chinese tri-copter Scorpion, which is ideal for the stationary observation and strike role in a built-up area
and the French EADS Talarion, a twinjet long-endurance UAV designed for high-altitude surveillance.