Assertion: kite | /r/ObjectUse | used for signaling
Facets:
value: for kiting troops
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for raising rescue signals
type: PURPOSE
value: by using kite aerial photography
type: MANNER
value: in the past
type: TEMPORAL
value: for observation
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Kites have been used for military uses in the past for signaling, for delivery of munitions, for free-flight kiting payloads from aircraft to ground positions, for kiting troops to points where they could parachute to destinations, for underwater kiting via paravanes to perform various underwater duties, for lifting payloads from one point to another, for raising rescue signals from rafts or stressed areas, for raising communications antenna, and for observation by lifting an observer above the field of battle, and by using kite aerial photography.