Drones
Subtitle: what everyone needs to know
By: Sarah Kreps, Cornell University
Edition: First edition.
Series: What everyone needs to know; What everyone needs to know
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780190235345; 9780190235352
Subjects: Drone aircraft; Air warfare
Description: Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. Through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. Now civilian industries are acquiring drones for everything from monitoring crops to delivering packages. Kreps explains how they and the systems associated with them work, how they are being used today, and what will become of the technology in the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Armed drone technology; title: Proliferation of drones to other countries; title: Drones for the ground and sea; title: Non-combat technology; title: The future of drones: nano and autonomous systems, and science fiction.