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Often when a natural disaster occurs, it is difficult for first responders and government officials who have evacuated to know what has happened to their town in the hours, and sometimes days, followi…
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Historic insights into unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), from the Civil War through to today. See how aerial balloons were an integral part of early UAV or drone history and follow the technological p…
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Almost since the dawn of warfare, armies have sought ways to inflict the most damage on their enemies at the lowest cost to their own troops. Technologies from catapults to cannons have been developed…
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The predecessors to the UAVs of our time were a variety of catapults used since antiquity to attack enemies from a long distance by sending projectiles through the air. We know this from the visual an…
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit Living through a UAV attack. “Buzz-Bomb Blitz” includes comments from those who lived through the V-1 bombings. Visit Source Download PDF…
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit In the late 1930s, the Radioplane Company developed a series of radio controlled model airplanes as aerial targets for antiaircraft gunnery training by the Army Air Corps.…
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit Manned aerial balloons were used for gathering intelligence before the modern development of unpiloted reconnaissance aircraft. In these photos, taken by Matthew Brady on …
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit Los Angeles Times. January 28, 1938, morning edition. Before the U.S. entered World War II, research had begun on remote, radio-controlled airplanes. At first a result …
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UAV (Drones) Inquiry Unit The United States was not the only nation to employ aerial balloons for reconnaissance. Even after airplanes were in use during World War I, all participating nations used…
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The Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, with Captain The Right Honourable David Margesson, Secretary of State for War, watching preparations being made in an unspecified UK location for the launch …
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