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The science of drone warfare

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    National Air and Space Museum explores new weapons of war

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Looking back everyone we've been hearing a lot about the CIA's top secret -- in the news they're some of the coolest and most controversial weapons of our time.

So we sent our own and -- claimants.

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And she's been even especially looks all show long she's now on the door -- the national.

Air and space museum in Washington DC -- a what's on tap for us.

Oh we're taking a look at several of them -- a lot of people don't know exactly what they do and what they're capable of and really what they look like.

I'm joined now by one of the curators here at the air and space museum Roger -- good morning to you.

Good morning and it and that -- that he's actually started to -- being used during World War II after being experimented with in World War I but.

They're really grabbed headlines recently so let's talk about this the right -- the Pratt and -- Absolutely so predator started its operational use in Kosovo in 999.

And on the eve of operations in Afghanistan it was armed in the aircraft there were looking at behind us.

Is actually the first predator ever to be armed and the first one to fire a weapon in combat right so it's not just surveillance this -- Actually is also capable of attacking.

Right and they are still on the front lines today.

Other starting to give way to slightly larger more capable version called the reaper OK and this guy ever hear is the shadow correct and it's it's -- much smaller version.

That's right for every predator that you see there's about 25 smaller military drones and service.

And the shadows -- give -- the troops in the field an eye in the sky it's small very hard to detect.

But gives some real good real time information to the troops on the ground and this -- cast with the dealer Alan.

Well JQU gas is is a look at the future so this is a fully autonomous aircraft this is one that takes off -- a mission.

Delivers a weapon returns to base all entirely on its sound and all these cost several million dollars -- well as as a whole range when he gets reaper sized aircraft you're starting to approach a manned aircraft system like the F sixteen.

OK and finally the pioneer this one is is really interesting because.

It's the very first time humans actually surrendered to a robot that's right in the gulf war this aircraft flew off the battleship Wisconsin and Iraqi soldiers actually surrendered to -- flight quite like student and I challenge now have to get some pictures of that Roger thank you so much expecting an -- out.

Hey and you ask Roger this which I know they've got six drones there at the Smithsonian air and space museum but -- Can people in this country flying control the drones all the way around the world there do you have to be pretty close to control.

You can't -- it -- the in the big the -- the major drones things like up prouder for instance are the the ground control stations actually operate in theater to take off.

For take off and landing and then the actual missions are flown here in the United States trying to control room may be here -- with the CIA at Langley.

But there is a controller that takes the drone off at the airfield.

In in theater but the future of the technology isn't actually could be artificially intelligent even finding that's right and right that's right just upload a target and then aircraft doesn't -- not currently.

Not currently -- thank you so hot.

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