Drone Warfare in the 21st Century: Media
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Learn about the origins and diversification of uncrewed aerial vehicles, or drones,...
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General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, a reconnaissance UAV of the U.S. Air Force, 2006.
Dave Cibley—214th Reconnaissance Group/U.S. Air Force
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk, a strategic-range uncrewed aerial vehicle used...
Courtesy Photo/U.S. Air Force
AeroVironment Raven RQ-11, an uncrewed aerial vehicle used for battlefield surveillance,...
Sgt. 1st Class Michael Guillory/U.S. Army
An Iranian-made Shahed-136 one-way attack (“kamikaze”) drone flying over Kermānshāh,...
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Ryan AQM-34 Firebee, a remotely piloted vehicle used for combat reconnaissance in...
National Museum of the U.S. Air Force
The pilot (left) and sensor operator (right) of a U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator uncrewed...
Master Sgt. Steve Horton/U.S. Air Force
Ukrainian troops testing fiber-optic drones in Donetsk oblast (region),...
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A Ukrainian operator wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset controls a fiber-optic...
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A Ukrainian soldier demonstrating a SkyWiper EDM4S handheld drone suppression system...
© Mykhaylo Palinchak/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images
Ukrainian soldier holds a Sting interceptor drone before a test flight in Dnipropetrovsk...
© Alex Nikitenko—Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images
Boeing MQ-28 Ghost Bat uncrewed combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) on display at the 2025...
© Alexander Bogatyrev/SOPA Images—LightRocket/Getty Images
Anti-drone nets suspended above a key road in Donetsk oblast (region), Ukraine,...
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