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Neat surveillance drone. (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by LackingC10H12N2O to c/flightradar24
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[–] runjun 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Drone always makes me think small. The Global Hawk is not small. It has a wider wingspan than a 737.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I feel like we need a new word. Either for the military drones or the toy ones.

[–] runjun 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The correct term is UAV, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

[–] Guest_User 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That sounds good! But what do we call the large military/commercial ones?

[–] runjun 2 points 11 months ago

This is the largest military one…