as in surveillance
military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy
There are two helicopters available for reconnaissance. reconnaissance missions
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Earlier this month, Japan said its warplanes used flares to warn a Russian reconnaissance aircraft to leave northern Japanese airspace.
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CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
The footage of the party and Bayoumi’s alleged Capitol reconnaissance were recovered in a trove of video and documents seized at a residence Bayoumi held in the UK days after the 9/11 attack, according to plaintiff court filings.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
More than a third of the trail is currently closed, as employees await reconnaissance on its conditions.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Its largest military aircraft company, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, produces nearly all of the country’s fighter jets, transport and training aircraft, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, drones, and helicopters.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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CBS News, 30 Sep. 2024
The footage of the party and Bayoumi’s alleged Capitol reconnaissance were recovered in a trove of video and documents seized at a residence Bayoumi held in the UK days after the 9/11 attack, according to plaintiff court filings.
—Lauren Del Valle, CNN, 11 Sep. 2024
More than a third of the trail is currently closed, as employees await reconnaissance on its conditions.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 4 Oct. 2024
Its largest military aircraft company, the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, produces nearly all of the country’s fighter jets, transport and training aircraft, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, drones, and helicopters.
—Seth G. Jones, Foreign Affairs, 2 Oct. 2024
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