{"id":115519,"date":"2021-06-29T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T13:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?page_id=115519"},"modified":"2021-06-29T23:06:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T17:36:14","slug":"what-is-a-drone","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-a-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a drone?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drone is typically a \u201cQuad-Copter\u201d having four propellers fitted vertically. These <strong>can hover<\/strong> and are highly maneuverable. Following are some major features of drones:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Drones are difficult to detect<\/strong>. They are made of composite plastics and fabric and are not easily detectable by radars.<\/li>\n<li>Drones <strong>fly ultra-low<\/strong>, below a 100ft. Hence, these can be used for <strong>reconnaissance, observation,<\/strong> as well as to carry <strong>small payloads<\/strong>, including mail and parcels.<\/li>\n<li>Drones <strong>can be pre-programmed<\/strong> to reach a target area to hover or deliver or be flown by a remote pilot. The typical payload is between 1 to 25 kg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>What is the use of drones?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Drones are essentially a military tool as they eliminate the risk of a pilot\u2019s life in combat zones, and since they are unmanned, they don&#8217;t require fatigue-induced rest. They are now used for various purposes from delivery of merchandise, taking photographs, or shooting videos to military warfare and space exploration.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The US military made the<strong> first big demonstration<\/strong> of the military use of drones in the<strong> 1991 Gulf War<\/strong>. It deployed UAVs to target its enemy forces.<\/li>\n<li>In space, the US Air Force\u2019s mysterious <strong>X-37B space plane <\/strong>is perhaps the most-talked-about drone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #f7f2f2;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><span style=\"font-family: terminal, monaco, monospace;\"><strong>Also read<\/strong>: <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-drone-arsenal\">India&#8217;s drone arsenal<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drone is typically a \u201cQuad-Copter\u201d having four propellers fitted vertically. These can hover and are highly maneuverable. Following are some major features of drones: Drones are difficult to detect. They are made of composite plastics and fabric and are not easily detectable by radars. Drones fly ultra-low, below a 100ft. Hence, these can be used&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/what-is-a-drone\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is a drone?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10308,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115519"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/115519\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}