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 Global Hawk will help in Haiti The U.S. Air Force has diverted one of its unmanned spy planes to Haiti to help in rescue efforts following the earthquake. U.S. President Barak Obama has given aid to earthquake victims in Haiti a top priority. It has been the Air Force to deploy one of its most advanced unmanned reconnaissance aircraft Global Hawk in the relief effort in Haiti. The plane was actually sent to the U.S. Al-Dhafra base in the UAE, but on Obama's orders routed to Haiti. Global Hawk is manufactured by the American Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, the same companies that produce B-2 Spririt, the subj remove inline bomber with stealth characteristics. Global Hawk is a so-called drone, a tactical unmanned plane is controlled from the ground and fly in a predetermined route. Global Hawk takes pictures that are sent wirelessly to the operator on the ground that by using advanced image processing software interprets the images. |
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