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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This deficiency spurred an audacious moonshot initiative: the development of the U-2 reconnaissance aircraft.
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Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2025
The two are Pilatus PC-12 airplanes equipped with infrared and color-sensing technology to detect and provide reconnaissance on wildfires, which helps ground crews attack the fires.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
And, even if all the accounts were 2FA-protected, there’s still that hacker reconnaissance issue to consider.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam on Sept. 5, 1967, when his aircraft vanished, the agency said.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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Anne Neuberger, Foreign Affairs, 15 Jan. 2025
The two are Pilatus PC-12 airplanes equipped with infrared and color-sensing technology to detect and provide reconnaissance on wildfires, which helps ground crews attack the fires.
—Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
And, even if all the accounts were 2FA-protected, there’s still that hacker reconnaissance issue to consider.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Downing was piloting an F-4C Phantom II aircraft during a nighttime armed reconnaissance mission over the then-Democratic Republic of Vietnam on Sept. 5, 1967, when his aircraft vanished, the agency said.
—Abigail Adams, People.com, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Reconnaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reconnaissance. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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