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Airplanes that don't have to carry a pilot are sleeker, and yet more sinister-looking, than regular planes. The U.S. has started deploying drones to scout for Somali pirates, as the drone flotilla comes into its own. More cool images below.
Today's drone aircraft can stay in the air for 18 hours and be controlled from a base miles away.
Top image: Israeli-made drone plane that Israel has started supplying to Germany for surveillance missions in Afghanistan.
All photos by AP.
read more: #droneaircraft, #design, #futurewarfare, #military, #army, #planes, #drones, #predatorbinthehouseyo
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