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unmanned aerial vehicle
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A powered, aerial vehicle that does not carry a human operator, uses aerodynamic forces to provide vehicle lift, can fly autonomously or be piloted remotely, can be expendable or recoverable, and can carry a lethal or nonlethal payload. Ballistic or semiballistic vehicles, cruise missiles, and artillery projectiles are not considered unmanned aerial vehicles. Also called UAV.
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Byline: AFP JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to launch a drone plane called "Puna" next year to support national defence and monitor extremist activity, an official said Sunday.
Indonesia plans to launch surveillance drone by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman)
The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is for the first time using unmanned UAV drone planes in its ongoing annual war exercise in Sargodha, the Daily Times reported.
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DOZENS of mourners were killed in a missile strike by an unmanned US drone plane in Pakistan yesterday.
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