5 UAVs That Have Transformed America's Air Capabilities

Battlefield tactics and technologies evolve with each new war. Tools that are highly effective in one conflict may prove worthless in the next. Others endure, becoming fixtures in an army's arsenal, and are improved over time. For the United States military, one such tool is the unmanned aerial vehicle, or UAV, iterations of which have been accompanying American troops into battle for a lot longer than many of us realize. From radio-controlled biplanes developed during World War I, to CIA insect drones invented to collect intelligence from behind the Iron Curtain, to the two-in-one reconnaissance and missile platforms that came to feature prominently in the War on Terror, UAVs have played an integral role in American combat and spy missions since the dawn of modern warfare. These five UAVs tell that fascinating, and often underappreciated, history.

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