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August 22, 1849
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On August 22, 1849, Austria used unmanned balloons, filled with explosives, to attack the city Venice, Italy.
1916
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The Hewitt-Sperry was the first pilotless aircraft successfully flew, and controlled by a gyroscope. It was intended to be used as a flying bomb.
1918
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Following the Hewitt-Sperry, the Kettering Bug was commissioned into development, becoming a more efficient flying bomb, capable of hitting targets 40 miles away.
1937
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With its development beginning in the early 1930’s, the US Navy successfully created a radio controlled aircraft system, named the Curtiss N2C-2 drone.
1940
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The Radioplane OQ2 UAV was manufactured for use in WW2, with around 15,000 drones created for the army.
1973
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Israel developed a series of UAVs intended specifically for surveillance and scouting. These drone were called the Mastiff and the IAA Scout.
1982
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Israel’s airforce used UAVs as a major component of their battle against Syria, deeming the implementation extremely successful, as the drones kept Israeli casualties to a minimum.
1985
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The US military launches a large-scale UAV development program, intended to further research improve the technology.
2006
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A year after Hurricane Katrina, the US government authorizes the use of drones to survey, in order to search for, disaster survivors.
Present
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Today drones are used as surveillance, toys, for film and photography, delivery systems, and a developing type of transportation, just to name a few.