Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw

Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by jonchang on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:11PM (#9925401)

Pro tip: Whenever you read "drone" in a news article you can almost always safely replace it with "unmanned aerial vehicle" with no loss of information. Journalists currently do not make the distinction between (semi-)autonomous military "drones" and hobbyist "drones".

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Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by privong on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:24PM (#9925509)

> Pro tip: Whenever you read "drone" in a news article you can almost always safely replace it with "unmanned aerial vehicle" with no loss of information.

I don't think that replacement _adds_ any additional information, though. As someone who doesn't follow drone/UAV stuff too closely, your suggested substitution does not really clarify the identity of the subject for me.

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Re:Lufthansa flight has near-miss with drone near Warsaw by ethanbond on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @04:18PM (#9925448)

Does anyone make that distinction in a reliable or consistent way?

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