Re: Drones (UAVs)
From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2002 18:16:55 +0100
Subject: Re: Drones (UAVs)
Adrian Johnson wrote:
>I'm not even sure the US is the first to try *arming* their UAVs,
though I
>don't think anyone else has done anything like sticking a Hellfire-type
>missile on them.
Israel has a "kamikaze" UAV (IIRC called "Harpy") with a HE charge,
intended to loiter until it locates an enemy radar installation and then
crash into it and blow it up. Not a long-ranged weapon, but definitely a
UAV intended for more direct action than combat :-/
Later,
Oerjan
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