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War by remote control

Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate students Tuna Tuksoz (l.) and Mark Cutler in the school鈥檚 Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics fly a simulator of a small quadrotor that has military applications.

Our Photos of the Year 2009

Drones: the eye in the sky (and oceans)

Sgt. Scott Weaver, of the Queen's Royal Lancers, is seen launching a Black Hornet Nano unmanned air vehicle from a compound in Afghanistan in 2013. British troops in Afghanistan are the first to use the small surveillance helicopters, which measure 10 by 2.5 centimeters and are equipped with a tiny camera that gives troops video and still images.