1. The term unmanned aerial vehicle or UAV came into general use in the early 1990s to describe robotic aircraft and replaced the term remotely piloted vehicle (RPV), which was used during the Vietnam War and afterward. Joint Publication 1-02, the Department of Defense Dictionary, defines a UAV as
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4. The JP 1-02 definition given above is based on what aUAV is and not on what itdoes. Although UAVs are flown commercially in roles as diverseas precision agriculture and cinematography, their use inmilitary circles is so overwhelmingly focused on one application-^reconnaissance-that the term UAV has become virtually synonymous with reconnaissance. For this reason, the term unmanned combat airvehicle (UCAV) has come into use to distinguish UAVs designed forthe strike mission from existing UAVs. The fact that this new term isnot applied to existing reconnaissance UAVs that have been given a strike capability (Predator® with Hellfire missiles). Tesla's"Telautomaton"
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