Fiche : The applications of drones

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Application drones - fiche - anglais

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Présentation en anglais sur les applications civiles et militaires des drones

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[...] Although, there are plenty civil applications, it's the armies, which really take the most advantages of the drones. The military applications The drones was first developped by armies. And as their capabilities grow, nations continue to subsidize their research to perform a multitude of missions. Logically the drones should only be used in warring countries. But since the attack of the 3rdNovember 2002 in Yemen to kill suspected al Qaeda terrorists, the attacks of drones outside of a theater of war has never stopped to increase. [...]

[...] That why, the countries ask rarely the official permission. According to a report of the New America Foundation, armed drone strikes had significantly increased under Barack Obama, even before his declaration of December 2009, in which he announced the deployment of new troops in Afghanistan. But theuse of drones is strongly criticized, because don't respect Human's Rights. In the United Kingdom several police services such as the one of Merseyside, buy drones to improve their capacities of surveillance. However, this purchase is involved to controversy as some consider it as an attack on individual liberties. [...]

[...] D.Floods At the time of flood, drones are useful to build inundation maps to guide the rescues. But most sophisticated drones can provid photographic-like images through clouds, rain or fig, and in daytime or nighttime conditions, thank infra red camera : all in real time. That can indicate the rescues, where the victims are. E. Traffic By flying above the road network, they can inform about circulation problems or car crash. Moreover thank they chemical detection capabilities, they can point dirty accident. F. Science An other major application of drones is done by scientists. [...]

[...] I will first present their civil applications, and then I will getonto their use by armies. Civil applications A. Transports Drones can transport good using, various means based on the configurations of the drone itself. Most payloads are stored in an internal payload bay somewhere in the airframe. B. Inspection Often the inspection of seize-able infrastructures by humans are long and expensive. That's why drones are used for the maintenance or the research of failures on pipelines or tower-lines. C. Surveillance (fire) Moreover, drones can bring information but also do some surveillance operations. [...]