UAV: What purpose?

[Kommiekat 12]

Sorry for the newb question and/or wrong thread:

What is the UAV, what does it stand for and how is it used?:confused:

I like playing Single mission games, and after Miles gets killed, Shaftoe says I can use the UAV.

I clicked on it and noticed a Top-to-Bottom view of the terrain.

Have no clue what is going on.....

Thanks for you help.....:D

Edited August 9, 2009 by Kommiekat

[Relemar 10]

Unmanned aerial vehicle

for reconnosaince, so you dont get killed looking for enemie

[{G&L}ACF{SCOTDG} 10]

it stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,it is used for reconnaissance and if armed usually the american ones have hellfires can take targets out from great heights - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle:p lol didnt see there was already a reply

Edited August 9, 2009 by {G&L}ACF{SCOTDG}
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[Relemar 10]

it stands for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,it is used for reconnaissance and if armed usually the american ones have hellfires can take targets out from great heights - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmanned_aerial_vehicle:p lol didnt see there was already a reply

urm, so do the british

[Kommiekat 12]

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

Seems to be a mobile unit. Guess it won't do me much good in SP games as compared to MP.....

[Relemar 10]

It's very useful, very.

[Cobra Pilot 10]

urm, so do the british

Quick question. Do the British use the predator to or do they have their own?

[axure 10]

You're asking in real life? Both Americans and British use also many smaller UAVs. But yes, the Brits also use Predators. BTW, they actually control them from the same base in the US as the Yanks do. (Yeah, there's just one base on Earth that is used to control those large UAVs, and it's located on US mainland. Commands and video feeds are relayed thru a sat link.)

[Guest]

You're asking in real life? Both Americans and British use also many smaller UAVs. But yes, the Brits also use Predators. BTW, they actually control them from the same base in the US as the Yanks do. (Yeah, there's just one base on Earth that is used to control those large UAVs, and it's located on US mainland. Commands and video feeds are relayed thru a sat link.)

Wow i never knew that. So when some crazy terrorists invade england, and the UAV's are deployed to save us all, they are being controlled from America, even if America is not involved in any way shape or form?

Just another excuse for the Americans to get credit for everything!

Im only Joking!

[MadCatChiken 10]

Wow i never knew that. So when some crazy terrorists invade england, and the UAV's are deployed to save us all, they are being controlled from America, even if America is not involved in any way shape or form?

Just another excuse for the Americans to get credit for everything!

Im only Joking!

Lol.. I always thought UAV's would be controlled atleast near where the UAVs were deployed.

[axure 10]

Lol.. I always thought UAV's would be controlled atleast near where the UAVs were deployed.

Small UAVs are.

I checked the facts just to be sure and it turns out Predators can be controlled locally. It's the really big ones (Global Hawks, Reapers) that are operated form US mainland. And in case of Reapers, indeed both Brits and Yanks control them from Creech AFB, Nevada. Still, I would bet most of the time Predators would be controlled from there too.

Edited August 10, 2009 by axure

[Baff1 0]

The weaponised ones are controlled by the British from The States because they are not allowed to be under NATO command.

NATO rules of engagement don't allow drone killings.

It's a legal issue.

The landings and take off's are still controlled locally.

[xclusiv8 10]

I hate the fact that ingame the UAV camera cant lock on to a possition. BiS or some modder should add that.

[efefia 0]

Lol.. I always thought UAV's would be controlled atleast near where the UAVs were deployed.

I wonder if the Taliban lag warp? lol

[Kommiekat 12]

So, again, like the smoke screens, useless in SP missions, but a bonus for MP......yes?

[Atrocious 10]

Not really useless for SP. You get an idea of the terrain.

For example I found the power plant in Elektro right in the beginning of "Razor Two" when I hadn't even moved out of the mobile base. Although I knew nothing about the area, I had the feeling that there is something to find.

And my feeling was right.

Just check the map while you use the UAV. It shows you where that thing is flying, so you know where to look.

[Alex72 1]

Its a reconnaissance vehicle. Meaning it gives you eyes in the sky without being there. Meaning you can see bases, enemies, troop movements and how the terrain looks around them. So before you plan your attack (SP or MP) you have gotten intelligence of how the situation looks.

So yes its good no matter what game mode. :)