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Drone Wars

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Viet Nam - The Lightning Bug

Some of the most remarkable contributions to aerial reconnaissance during the vianam war came from an unusual assortment of remotely piloted vehicles. The lightning bug was a small aircraft, so small that it would be ached to a much larger one. They were used to take pitchers over enemy territory and crash land almost at a designated location. And time the drones shut off its engine and deployed a parasute system.

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