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Timeloine for Drone warfare

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    Drone Warfare

  • The First Drone

    During world war 1 the first unmanned airel vehicle (UAV) took flight in the U.S altough the testing was uneven and had mixed results. But an Armistice was signed before the first prototype UAV could be used in rough conditions (WAR)
  • 1930s Drone Involvment

    A decade after the end of WW1 the devolpment of UAVs had decreased in the U.S and abroad. by the late 1930s UAVs had emerged as a very important training tool
  • 1940s WW2 german drone

    1940s WW2 german drone
    Durinf WW2 nazi germans had created a drone called V-1. showing the major threat of UAVs in combat. U.S trying to take down the V-1 lead to the U.S involvment of creating UAVs
  • 1960s drones in vietnam war and stealth survaliance

    1960s drones in vietnam war and stealth survaliance
    The U.S started using more drones in the 1960s during the vietnam war. Also the drones took on a new role called stealth survaliance which was very helpful to the U.S
  • 1970s firebee (UAV) other countries joining the Drone warfare

    1970s firebee (UAV) other countries joining the Drone warfare
    The success of the Firebee (stealthy survaliance drone) had continued to help the U.S in the vietnam war right up to the end.
    while during this time other countries (isreal) had joined the drone warfare making new UAVs. The U.S had set it's sights on other drones.
  • 1970s and 1980s Drones

    in the late 1970s and the early 1980s isreali air force had pioneered sevral new UAVs that the U.S ended up using joing there UAV fleet
  • 1990s

    Drones were used in the cold war also alot and in the gulf war. also according to an italian court the italian mafia was going to use bomb type drones to assassinate there targets, beofr the U.S started using drones against the taliban.
  • U.S drones

    The CIA had started use survaliance drones in Afghanistan but when the 911 attacks happened the U.S had started using armed Drones.
  • UK concerned about more usage of drones

    UK concerned about more usage of drones
    The use of drones in the UK wil staring rising tremendously in the next 20 years. raising significant safety, security and privacy concerns. The genral population is raising the question "are we safe". but drones also have a huge positive impact on safety helping police out with work and terror groups
  • Australian police using drones???

    Australian police using drones???
    The australian police have come out saying following these new laws for our natiol security after the recent IS (islamic state) attacks the australin police want to use small drones for domestic survaliance. This was only announced on the 12th of febuary 2015. These survaliance drones are going to be used by the AFP (Australian Federal Police)