Talk:History of unmanned aerial vehicles

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In order to accomodate the traffic on this page that will be generated by the re-writing process, all the old talk page items have now been archived in the above page. Akradecki 16:12, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
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message: I've created a UAV infobox based upon the copy-pasted data in articles like International Battlefield UAVs (1), because it was such a pain to make a new wikitable for each one. I have a few questions though. For example, is "service ceiling" different from "ceiling?" As a disclaimer, I don't know anything about UAVs! I do know a bit about tables and templates though. Feel free to make suggestions about the template. Here are two examples of the infobox in action. Salad Days 07:29, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Those look awesome, and will be a great addition to the articles. Ceiling and service ceiling aren't technically the same thing, but for all intents and purposes, they are used interchangebly. As I slowly go though the history pages and pull the info out into seperate articles, would you like me to give you heads ups so that you can follow up with the new boxes? That would be a big help to the project! Akradecki 15:35, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ooooohh.....That's so nice, Salad Days. Great work!! :-) --HappyCamper 16:32, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If the template is satisfactory, I can just go ahead and start working on converting the messy information immediately! Salad Days 18:18, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Please do! The most recent UAV articles that I've updated are: RQ-7 Shadow, MQ-8 Fire Scout, BQM-147 Dragon and Bell Eagle Eye. Thanks so much! Akradecki 18:26, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added more parameters to the infobox, does RQ-7 Shadow look acceptable? Salad Days 20:33, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Acceptable? Beautiful is more like it! I like how you integrated the image. Keep up the great work. Akradecki 20:58, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

text: Oh, it just occurred to me to let you know, that International Battlefield UAVs (1), like the other sub-pages for the article, will be split apart into seperate articles for each model. If you've already added boxes there, they'll get moved with the text. Akradecki 18:30, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

text: You might want to check out the order that the project templates use at Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/Templates#Specifications. FWIW, your infoboxes are definitely a step up from the standard project template, and ultimately you might want to offer the project yours, as I'll bet non-UAV aircraft editors might like to use them. In fact, I'm also one of the main contributors to the Scaled Composties aircraft articles, and eventually I'd love to see your work gracing those pages. Akradecki 21:21, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: UAV Infobox

message: Why is there no mention of the V1 flying bomb or the V2 rocket in this article? raptor 12:20, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: See Flying bomb. There's often a blurred line between a UAV and things like the V1 and V2, and the modern cruise missiles. V2 was a rocket, so it's outside the typical UAV description. V1 had a pulse jet engine, but is generally considered a guided missile, and so its not included for the same reason that the Tomahawk isn't. Ideally, there'd be a parallel article History of Cruise Missiles that would cover those types of weapons. Feel free to write it! Akradecki 15:09, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  German WWII flying bombs 

message: I noticed three of the pages from the public domain source have been removed, and need to be restored, and the bottom itself is kind of messy since it links several times to the same unwikified articles. I wonder if there is somewhere on Wikipedia we can go to request help in fixing up these sections? Salad Days 23:00, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The three pages from the PD source have been removed because of the transition of the material to the individual model articles. eventually, much of the PD info will be transferred, it's just a long, slow process. Akradecki 23:13, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh, they are still linked so I re-uploaded them. Whoops! Salad Days 23:15, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

text: So I should suggest them for speedy deletion and remove the links from History of unmanned aerial vehicles? Salad Days 23:24, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The article's end

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Rather interesting as it mentioned the use of armed UAV (with RPG-7s) used by the Iranians during the war.
Koxinga CDF 06:21, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Iranian UAV 

message: I've been digging through a few old books and found Bill Gunstons' Guide to Spy Planes and Electronic Warfare Aircraft. Published in 1983, the info is very out of date but there was a section regarding UAVs. I've listed the LMSC Aequare and Martin Marietta 845A. These are not present on this article and might be suitable for possible inclusion. 
*LMSC Aequare
Extensive flying was done with this RPV, which was dropped by a fighter in a cluster-bomb pod or fired by a standard SAM and then used for surveillance, target acquisition, laser designation and other tasks, especially in conjunction with friendly attacking manned aircraft. USAF funding was halted in 1978. 
*Martin Marietta 845A (Compass Dwell)
A rebuilt Schweizer SGS 1-34 sailplane - a high altitude Elint Surveillance RPV with a quiet tractor piston engine. It flew 28hr missions but could not reach 40,000ft. I was later given a human pilot and used for upper air sampling prior to space launches at Cape Canaveral.
Regards,Dave Rogers 22:41, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  A couple of items that might be a useful addition to this article 

message: This article would be improved by omitting the overly detailed notes on the Gulf of Tonkin incident.  It's not relevant to UAV use in the war. DulcetTone (talk) 14:56, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Scope and detail in Vietnam War section 

message: Article is well written but it should be renamed as History of U.S. unmanned aerial vehicles, or should be added information on the history of the UAV in other countries besides the United States. --109.105.182.29 (talk) 05:55, 23 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S. centric 

message: AGM-28 Hound Dog? --Pawyilee (talk) 13:43, 6 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  How about.... 

message: This article needs its scope referencing. Some arbitrary editor's opinion of what they want is just not good enough. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 09:47, 1 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of a UAV 

message: At the very least Drone strikes in Pakistan needs to be linked and there should be something on the development of the number of victims. Galant Khan (talk) 14:38, 12 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  How come there is nothing on the continued killings without trials? 

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