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How to use the word drone in a Sentence?

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Ukraine certainly has nothing to do with drone attacks on the Kremlin, it makes absolutely no sense. It provides no military, informational, or tactical effect on the eve of an offensive.

Mykhailo Podolyak

Found on New York Times
1 year ago

I turned and just fell on my knees and I just screamed with the most agonizing cry, i didn’t know [whose drone] it was. Our forces, or the enemy.

Valeria Ponomarova

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This particular drone that we’ve been looking at would be much more effective if it had a decent camera in it.

Chris Lincoln-Jones

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The drone flew with its transponders off, violating the boundaries of the temporary airspace regime established for the special military operation, communicated to all users of international airspace, and published in accordance with international standards.

The Russian Defense Ministry

Found on CNN
1 year ago

When I saw they wanted to add drones to the training, my question was – are we going to have one drone per person and multiple chances to practice flying it ? if they stick to their old way of teaching, they will just tell us to follow their instructions and memorize its weight and flight distance, and we will not be able to operate it.

Adam Yu

Found on CNN
1 year ago

( China) doesn't really see a problem as of yet, which I think they should, because this could lead to escalation that they didn't want. If they want to be in control, they better control these civilian drone operators first.

Paul Huang

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Counter autonomy systems to destroy Russian and Iranian drones will be vital, we need more of these anti-drone systems for Ukraine to degrade the Russian targeting for artillery, as well as deny them use of suicide drones. This is important. The' detection to destruction' time flow is several minutes. We need to change this.

Mick Ryan

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Ayatollah is fueling Putin’s war machine and plans to contribute to the deaths of countless innocent Ukrainians, instead of enforcing congressionally mandated sanctions on Iran’s drone program, the administration continues to pursue a disastrous nuclear deal with Tehran.

Marco Rubio

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

Be it drone sales or sanctions busting, Washington needs to expose and sanction the connective nodes between Tehran and Moscow.

Democracies Behnam Ben Taleblu

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

When the detection equipment finds the drone and identifies the operator's location, we can very rapidly get that information to a ground intercept team who can then go make contact with that drone operator and essentially get them to stop flying that drone.

James Peaco III

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You can't see through a concrete wall so I could have a great fire and I'll never know it's there. But if I have a single-family residence with aluminum or wood siding, I'll probably see it. Same thing with roofs, the drone pilot needs to be more than just a pilot ; he needs to have a familiarity with what heat signatures will penetrate building material.

Michael Nardone

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The first thing we do is order them to bring the drone back, explain to him that there's a wildfire and flying that drone during a wildland fire is actually a federal felony.

James Peaco III

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Today’s attack comes only days after Iran-backed groups threatened to strike against Abu Dhabi in response to alleged Emirati interference in Iraqi politics, the attack is another reminder of the highly complex missile and drone threat faced by the UAE and the region’s other main oil producers.

Torbjorn Soltvedt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Clearly we are moving into different territory now with the arrival of more experimental products such as the Always Home mini-drone camera and the Astro robot, but I believe that Amazon is using their products to learn more about consumers' willingness to have such devices in their homes.

Ben Wood

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our drone deliveries provide restaurants and delivery drivers an opportunity to reach an extended customer base while doing so in a safe and cost-effective manner.

Ido Levanon

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Iran kept provoking the U.S. by hijacking oil tankers, shooting down a drone, and then attacking the Saudi Arabia Aramco facilities, trump only reacted militarily after the American Embassy was attacked in Iran.

Harley Lippin

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Not only because its one of very few sources of free information about corruption and the abuse of power in Putins Russia, but also because its a sign that Navalny is not just a famous media person, he has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

Anna Zafesova

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

He has dozens of young women and men perfectly capable of carrying on his investigative work. Maybe they are less charismatic than he, but they are proof that the Russian opposition is not only virtual and cannot be silenced with the poisoning of its leader. POISONED KREMLIN CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY OUT OF COMA AND RESPONSIVE: GERMAN HOSPITAL Navalnys spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh and fellow team member Georgi Alburov front the Tatarstan film, and said they were followed and harassed while shooting by men who blocked their paths with quad bikes or lurked nearby. Some dramatic images along those lines appear in the film.Yarmysh talks about how Tatarstan was supposed to be one of Navalnys stops on his late summer swing through Russian regions ahead of elections. Navalny was lobbying forSmart Voting. He argued that ifhe and people like him couldnt run in elections in Russia, the next best thing wasto simply vote for a candidate who is not from the same party as President Vladimir Putin, United Russia. Navalnyfamously called it the party of crooks and thieves and wantedto chip away at its monopoly on power howeverpossible.He believes Smart Voting can eventually dislodge it from power. GERMANY SUGGESTS HALT TO RUSSIA PIPELINE PROJECT, SEEKS COOPERATION WITH NAVALNY POISONING INVESTIGATION In the documentary from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, Navalnys team keeps up his stylistic pace with drone video of what itidentifiesas the palatial homes of the regional president and his family, punctuated withvideoof the vast collection of fancy watches from Patek Phillipe to Breguet worn byleaderRustam Minnikhanov. Even if you dont understand Russian, it is compelling TV, Zafesova said. Navalnys investigations have evolved over the years from merely facts and analysis on his blog to full-scale movies.He invented a whole new way to oppose power, a mix of media and politics which is very important in a censored media environment like Russia and fills the void of free media as well as free debate and an independent judicial system.Navalnys videos are funny, clever, precise and shocking, not just angry denunciations of the wrongdoings of government.

Anna Zafesova

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

[We were] just chilling, enjoying a day of not doing community work, trying to relax at the beach, we saw a drone go up. We didnt think anything of it because everyone has those now. Maybe ten minutes later, we hear, We think police are coming.

Kristian Calbert

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Drone Warrior, you can never trust China.

Fox News

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

I started going there in 1991 during the AIDS epidemic, so many of my friends in the arts community just disappeared and we never knew what happened to their bodies. ... It took a long time before we flew a drone and found those grave sites.

Melinda Hunt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Any jet that violates our airspace will be treated as a hostile target that must be shot down and prevented from achieving its goals, the Syrian military statement said. It was not immediately clear whether the statement referred to friendly Russian jets in addition to Turkish aircraft. Migrants arrive at the village of Skala Sikaminias, on the Greek island of Lesbos, after crossing on a dinghy the Aegean sea from Turkey, Sunday, March 1, 2020. ( AP Photo/Michael Varaklas) The statement came shortly after the Syrian army shot down a Turkish drone over the town of Saraqeb in Syrias Idlib, according to military-run media. Turkish Defense Minsiter Hulusi Akar, speaking from military headquarters near the Syrian border, said Turkey aimed to confront Syrian government forces rather than Russian troops. Hulusi Akar called on Moscow to persuade Syrian President Bashar Assad to withdraw to 2018 cease-fire lines on the edges of Idlib. Referring to losses inflicted on Syria, Hulusi Akar said Turkey had neutralized more than 2,200 Syrian troops, 103 tanks and eight helicopters. The Spring Shield operation, which was launched following the abominable attack in Idlib on Feb. 27, continues successfully.

Hulusi Akar

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Those drone pilots, they're the ones that took the brunt of the TBI cases.

Timothy Garland

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We have contacted UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) test sites, and companies that have received authorization to operate drone in these areas, to date, we have not been able to determine that any of these operators were the source of the reported drone flights.

The FAA

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

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