But a Predator providing surveillance along the ... In August 2009, a Yamaha RMAX helicopter, a commercial drone about the size of a motorcycle, crashed while crop-dusting a field in South Korea.

Of course, things are a bit different in the military, but even aircraft like the MQ-1 Predator or ... and large size make it somewhat unique among China's drone fleet. Because the Divine Eagle ...

Author Mark Bowden writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Though unmanned, remote-controlled ... Later renamed the Predator, it quickly became the U.S. military's preferred surveillance tool.