Reconnaissance aircraft

Spy plane designed for aerial reconnaissance. Some aircraft reconnaissance aircraft capable of carrying certain types of weapons and destroy detected targets. Also reconnaissance aircraft used for aiming artillery fire.

A very famous reconnaissance aircraft is the American U-2, which can conduct observations at an altitude of more than 20 km (the practical ceiling of the U-2 TR-1 is 27,4 km), with a practical flight range of 18 km and a flight time of more than 000 hours.

Prospecting these types of aircraft can be carried out by the following methods:

• visual observation;

• radar;

• aerial photography;

• direction finding and radio interception.

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