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Smithsonian Gets Military UAVs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the skynet-positioning-assets dept.

NetworkWorld is reporting that a new exhibit at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum is featuring some of the military's more prominent UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). In addition to the vehicles themselves, a large number of supporting technologies are also on display. "Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used by all four military branches for missions ranging from reconnaissance and surveillance to attack and each branch is represented in this exhibit: Predator, DarkStar, X-45A (Air Force); Shadow 200 (Army); Dragon Eye (Marine Corps); and Pioneer (Navy)."

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  1. Re:A must see... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    http://www.spymuseum.org/

  2. Re:All Five? by Solandri · · Score: 2, Informative

    Coast Guard? Coast Guard is the strange cousin of the Military. They invite him to the family get together but you know they talk about him when he's not in ear shot.
    Prior to the formation of the Department of Homeland Security, the US Coast Guard was part of the Treasury Department (along with Customs and Border Patrol) during peacetime, and transferred to the Department of Defense during times of war. e.g. During Desert Storm (Iraq War I), the Coast Guard was transferred to the DoD and some of its ships and service members saw action there. I think there was a brief stint in the Department of Transportation as well.

    The same arrangement continues with the USCG switching from DHS to DoD during times of war.

  3. New? by argStyopa · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not sure how new this is, we were there well over a month ago and it was already there.

    I found it underwhelming - I mean, instead of an interesting exhibition on some of the capabilities of UAVs and how significantly they are changing the tactical landscape, it was just a few UAVs hanging at one end of the hall. (shrug).

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  4. Re:Slashdot on a military roll by ravan_a · · Score: 3, Informative

    Subhash Chandra Bose is the guy you are talking about.

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