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A11 Disputing American allegations that its pilotless drone has the potential to be one of Mr. Hussein's deadliest weapons, Baghdad publicly unveiled a rickety-looking RPV-30A vehicle to reporters invited for the event.
Sometimes called drones or remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs), these aircraft are radio-controlled from the air or the ground and are used for scientific and military purposes.
The earliest UAVs were known as remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) or drones.
After becoming familiar in the Vietnam War, where they failed to penetrate the triple-canopy jungle, RPVs became suddenly famous after successful employment by the Israelis in Lebanon in 1982.
It also occurred to planners that RPVs could be used for photographic and electronic reconnaissance.
Launched from mobile platforms and operated by units down to the division level, subsequent generations of RPVs were capable of carrying out surveillance, target acquisition, damage assessment, electronic warfare, and even attacks on enemy radars (when provided with homing devices and explosive warheads).
To provide such information in so-called real time, growing reliance was placed on electronic sensors and remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs).
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