Military Drones Present And Future: Visual Tour

The U.S. Air Force's X-37B aircraft took off on an Earth-orbiting mission on Dec. 11, a secretive project that will test the feasibility of long-duration military space flights. With no pilot on board, the X-37B, pictured above, is one of the latest and most sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Pentagon's expanding fleet. The "reusable space plane" was launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on an Atlas V rocket by the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office.

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