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- noun A
military aircraft used forsurveillance .
Etymologies
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Examples
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A Global Hawk, a high-flying pilotless spyplane made by Northrop Grumman Corp., was used to survey the damage above the plant.
China Debuts a Drone at Robotics Show Nathan Hodge 2011
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Robot controlled spyplane drops raptors from the sky.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [125] -- Ask! Tell! 2010
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Payton suggested the X-37B would be useful for rapidly putting many small satellites into orbit, with a turnaround time measured at 10-to-15 days or less, operating more like an SR-71 spyplane than a routine space launch vehicle.
Mysterious Robot Spacecraft Returns After 7-Month Trip AP 2010
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Payton suggested the X-37B would be useful for rapidly putting many small satellites into orbit, with a turnaround time measured at 10-to-15 days or less, operating more like an SR-71 spyplane than a routine space launch vehicle.
X 37B Spacecraft Returns After 7-Month Trip Bianca Bosker 2010
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Robot controlled spyplane drops raptors from the sky.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points [125] -- Ask! Tell! Chris Weigant 2010
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Payton suggested the X-37B would be useful for rapidly putting many small satellites into orbit, with a turnaround time measured at 10-to-15 days or less, operating more like an SR-71 spyplane than a routine space launch vehicle.
Mysterious Robot Spacecraft Returns After 7-Month Trip AP 2010
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Back in 2001 a U.S. spyplane made an emergency landing on Hainan island after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet which crashed into the sea.
Rebecca MacKinnon: Dear President Obama: In Talking to China, Remember its People 2009
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Israel has responded by warning it will strike Iran if it feels directly threatened and has shown off a spyplane that it says can spy on Iran.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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Israel has responded by warning it will strike Iran if it feels directly threatened and has shown off a spyplane that it says can spy on Iran.
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Israel has responded by warning it will strike Iran if it feels directly threatened and has shown off a spyplane that it says can spy on Iran.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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