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Unmanned combat aerial vehicle

An unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone, fighter drone or battlefield UAV, is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that carries aircraft ordnance such as air-to-surface missiles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), and/or aerial bombs on hardpoints or within weapons bay, allowing it to perform tactical attacks known as drone…

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related to China · 24
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Unmanned combat aerial vehicle → Greg Goebel, Media, Unmanned, Wikimedia CommonsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
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Unmanned combat aerial vehicle → AIDrone, Aviation, Unmanned, US

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air-to-surface missilesinstance ofthat carries aircraft ordnance0.80text
anti-tank guided missilesinstance ofthat carries aircraft ordnance0.80text
autonomous sensor fusioninstance ofSeveral UCAVs can perform complex functions0.80text
real-time target identificationinstance ofSeveral UCAVs can perform complex functions0.80text
and dynamic mission re-planning reducing the cognitive load on human operatorsinstance ofSeveral UCAVs can perform complex functions0.80text
Joint Direct Attack Munitioninstance ofThe program would have used stealth technologies and allowed UCAVs to be armed with precision-guided weapons0.80text
the Chinese-made DJI Phantom to bomb military targets in Iraqinstance ofthe Islamic State terrorist group began attaching explosives to commercially available quadcopters0.80text
Syriainstance ofthe Islamic State terrorist group began attaching explosives to commercially available quadcopters0.80text
Pakistaninstance ofA July 2014 report found a majority or plurality of respondents in 39 of 44 countries surveyed opposed U.S. drone strikes in countries0.80text
Yemeninstance ofA July 2014 report found a majority or plurality of respondents in 39 of 44 countries surveyed opposed U.S. drone strikes in countries0.80text
and Somaliainstance ofA July 2014 report found a majority or plurality of respondents in 39 of 44 countries surveyed opposed U.S. drone strikes in countries0.80text
Unmanned combat aerial vehiclerelated to ChinaChina0.60section

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    Nodes281
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    Avg. degree1.99
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