UNMANNED COMBAT AERIAL VEHICLES: Current Types, Ordnance and Operations

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First in a new series of Strategic Handbooks from Harpia Publishing presents an essential guide to the world of unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs). It features profiles of every UCAV currently in active military service or under development, as well as other unmanned aerial vehicles that could potentially be armed in the future.

The influence of UCAVs on the conduct of war has already been felt in conflicts in the Caucasus, the Middle East and North Africa, where state and non-state actors have fielded a dizzying number of UCAVs from around the world. At the same time, advanced militaries are beginning to equip UCAVs with increasingly sophisticated munitions, some of which are heavier and can fly farther than the types of weapons used by UCAVs in the past.