Small UAVs would rapidly collect nuclear information along with WC-135

By Leigh Giangreco / June 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM
In the case of a domestic nuclear attack or detonation of a dirty bomb, the Air Force could deploy small, unmanned aerial vehicles from cities around the country to collect information rapidly and without exposing humans in a cockpit to high levels of radiation. That's the plan coming from the Air Force Technical Applications Center at Patrick Air Force Base, FL, which is exploring the use of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency-made sensor on a Prioria Robotics small UAV...

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