birdsized

US planned fleet of bird-sized drones to spy on Soviet Union

by

Newly declassified CIA documents reveal that the United States planned to develop a fleet of bird-like drones in Area 51 that would be capable of spying on the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.  Code-named Project Aquiline, the nuclear-powered drones were designed to stay in flight for up to 30 days at … Read more

US planned to build a fleet of bird-sized drones to spy on the Soviet Union during the Cold War 

by

Newly declassified CIA documents reveal that at the height of the Cold War, the United States planned to develop a fleet of bird-like drones in Area 51 that would be capable of spying on the Soviet Union.  Code-named Project Aquiline, the nuclear-powered drones were designed to stay in flight for up to 30 days at … Read more