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reconnaissance

[ri-kon-uh-suhns, -zuhns] / rɪˈkɒn ə səns, -zəns /


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It includes the construction of fortifications, equipment depots, as well as reconnaissance and anti-drone installations.

From Barron's Aug. 21, 2026

The panel said the "asbestos risk associated with Skrunda-1 had not been correctly identified" and concluded there had been "insufficient reconnaissance and an assumption of safety".

From BBC Aug. 20, 2026

In contrast, FPV drones can be carried into the field by small teams, giving front-line commanders direct control of the drones, and the option to use them immediately for a precision strike or for reconnaissance.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

Moreover, North Korea doesn’t have the massive satellite networks that allow countries like the U.S. and Russia to undertake advanced reconnaissance.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 25, 2026

We have now sent reconnaissance satellites into orbit around Mars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

There will be reconnaissances to Trent Bridge to have a look at Australia's opener, Ed Cowan, who has signed for Nottinghamshire for the early part of the season.

From The Guardian Apr. 6, 2013

As an intelligence officer, Mowat is particularly vulnerable when he delivers messages and undertakes reconnaissances.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since then there have been three major reconnaissances of nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Taylor was harder on himself than anyone, making personal reconnaissances by Jeep, risking injury unnecessarily by sitting stubbornly at a staff table while shells fell in the courtyard outside.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whenever the comparatively limited range of seaplanes precluded their employment for long-range reconnaissances or bombardment, airships were called upon to carry out these duties.

From The Story of the Great War, Volume IV (of 8) Champagne, Artois, Grodno; Fall of Nish; Caucasus; Mesopotamia; Development of Air Strategy; United States and the War by Francis Trevelyan Miller




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