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Austrians mount bombs on balloons
The Austrians launch 200 pilotless balloons mounted with bombs targeted at the city of Venice, these bombs were controlled by timed fuses. Although most of the balloons were succeful others blew back onto the Austrian lines. -
American civil war drones
Confederate and Union forces using them for reconnaissance and bombing sorties. -
Drone invented for WW1
The drone invented for WW1 was the Kettering Aerial Torpedo also known as the 'Bug". The bug was invented by Charles F Kettering. The bug went into production in !917 but was never used because the war ended before testing was finished -
WW2 B-24's
Radio controlled B-24's went on a bombing mission over Germany -
Pioneer Drone
The US used the Pioneer Drone during the Gullf War. It is powered by a 26 horsepower snowmobile engine and has a range of about 100 miles and a flight duration of five hours. -
GNAT 750
The Gnat 750 was selected by the US, in 1994 the first Gnat 750s were deployed to a CIA operating base in Albania for operations throughout the Balkans. -
G.A MQ-9 Reaper first flight
The predtor has its first flight. -
U.S Predtor fires first missile
Predtor fires its first missile at tank as practice. It was a revolutionary moment in the history of aerial warfare. -
Predator fires first missile in combat
The first drone strike took place in Afghanistan. the target for the furst strike was Mohammed Atef know as the miltitary cheif of Al-Queda along with 6 or 7 other men who were assumed to also be Al-Queda militants -
The UK's frist drone strike
The United Kingdoms first drone strike was over Iraq
