Unmanned aircraft used in war for reconnaissance, strike and interception, from the American Predator and Reaper to the Turkish Bayraktar TB2, the Iranian Shahed one-way attack drones and the small Ukrainian and Russian drones of the war in Ukraine. A weapon belongs here when its cited article describes it as an unmanned aerial vehicle, drone or loitering munition. It excludes unmanned surface vessels and balloon weapons. Drones have moved from reconnaissance to strike and defense in a generation, with large medium-altitude aircraft flown remotely and cheap one-way attack drones and interceptors used in the war in Ukraine.
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Wikipedia: MQ-1 Predator
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The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (often referred to as the Predator drone) is an American remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Wikipedia: General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper
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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF).
Baykar Bayraktar TB2 (Wikipedia)
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Bayraktar TB2 (Turkish: Standard-bearer TB2) is a family of medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations.
Wikipedia: Shahed 131
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The Shahed 131 (Persian: شاهد ۱۳۱, literally "Witness 131"), or Geran-1 (Russian: Герань-1, literally "Geranium-1") in Russian service, is an Iranian-made one-way attack drone which came to prominence in October 2022 during the Russo-Ukrainian war, when it was used by Russia to attack critical Ukrainian infrastructure and civilian targets.
Wikipedia: Arash (drone)
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The DIO Arash, Arash 2 is an Iranian long-range one-way attack drone in Islamic Republic of Iran military service from 2020. It has a 2,000 km strike range and carries a 150 kg warhead.
Wikipedia: Baba Yaga (aircraft)
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Baba Yaga (Russian: Баба-яга; Ukrainian: Дрон-бомбардувальник) is the Russian nickname for a number of Ukrainian heavy bomber drones used in the conflict following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Wikipedia: ZALA Kub-BLA
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Kub-BLA (Russian: Куб-БЛА; also advertised as Kub-UAV) is a Russian high-precision unmanned aerial vehicle and loitering munition developed by the Russian company ZALA Aero Group (part of Kalashnikov Concern).
Wikipedia: Sting (drone)
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The Sting (Ukrainian: Стінг) is a Ukrainian drone-intercepting loitering munition developed during the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Wikipedia: Yolka (drone interceptor)
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Yolka (Russian: Ёлка, lit. "Spruce") is a Russian handheld interceptor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to counter small enemy aerial drones.
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