Drones: Remote-Controlled Warfare

✍ Scribed by Judy Silverstein Gray

Publisher: Enslow Publishing, LLC
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Series: Military Engineering in Action
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Students will meet a modern-day drone pilot and learn about the combat missions he performs. They will read about the history of UAVs, such as the use of pilotless balloons during the Civil War, and how these unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are used in military operations today. Full-color photographs highlight the technology behind drones and fact boxes detail how to prepare for a career as a UAV pilot.

✦ Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction; Technology; JNF051010

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