Reply #11: Israel uses a tiny remote operated flying recon unit, like a very [View All]

powerful model airplane - It is about a meter long and about 2 meter wingspan, maybe not even that - you can even launch it by hand. It's controlled by a joystick and has a viewing screen like a laptop. Very good for "patrolling" dangerous ground - It has an electric motor and files high enough you never know it is there till the artillery shells come in on your head. Probably costs a few thousand dollars for the whole thing, works great over relatively short distances.


Here's an interesting Wiki article on many different types of drone and unmanned combat aircraft - fwiw, they have already made atlantic ocean crossings, and one of the new ones cay fly-with airborne refuelings- continuously "on patrol" for 5 years....


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