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96 pages
colour illustrations
Summary: Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), have become an essential and controversial tool for the U.S. military. Capable of targeted killing, they can be as small as a fly or as large as an aircraft. They can be used to spy on a neighbor, to undergo long reconnaissance missions, or to bomb a military compound. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles are changing the way wars are fought. Using fact boxes, diagrams, photographs, and specially commissioned, computer-generated color illustrations, DRONES tells the reader about the latest in aviation technology