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Meanings of spy plane in English

Russian
cамолёт-разведчик
Portuguese
aviao de reconhecimento
Spanish
avión de reconocimiento
Catalan
avió de reconeixement
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Aircraft designed to observe enemy forces and facilities and maintain area surveillance.

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cамолёт-разведчик
Usage of spy plane in English
1
The high-altitude American U-2 spy plane is already flying surveillance missions over Kosovo.
The Irish Times
2
The CIA's spy plane destroyed the idea of detente for almost a decade.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
3
The Pentagon had aimed to produce a super-fast spy plane, based on FALCON.
Wired
4
Observers and voters approved his calm handling of the recent China spy plane affair.
The Irish Times
5
An American spy plane had been shot down over Cuba.
One minute to midnight: kennedy, khrushchev, and castro on the b...
6
He might have some sort of high-altitude spy plane, though.
In the Dark
7
A US U-2 spy plane crashed today in Hwasong, south of the South Korean capital.
The Irish Times
8
About an hour earlier, what appeared to be a U-2 spy plane had taken off.
The Irish Times
9
In fact, Flint uses old spy plane film magazines.
Wired
10
Earlier, a US U-2 spy plane used by the United Nations flew over Iraq without incident.
The Irish Times
11
Iraqis in the northern city Mosul have made off with a top secret American spy plane.
The Irish Times
12
Iraq claims it has shot down an unmanned US spy plane over its southern no-fly zone.
The Irish Times
13
Three militants were spotted by an unmanned spy plane, and attacked as they placed the IED.
Reuters
14
A longtime friend of Kramer's, former U-2 spy plane pilot Cholene Espinoza, described the family as frugal.
Reuters
15
The renewed fighting came hours after Pakistan said its jets shot down an unmanned Indian spy plane.
The Irish Times
16
The US military has denied an Iraqi claim it had shot down an unmanned Predator spy plane.
The Irish Times