An unmanned aerial vehicle - an RQ-7B Shadow - snags a braking cable after touching down on a landing strip managed by Army

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An unmanned aerial vehicle - an RQ-7B Shadow - snags a braking cable after touching down on a landing strip managed by Army soldiers with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Platoon, Company B, 4-3 Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, in Logar province, Afghanistan, Oct. 14, 2013. Unmanned aircraft like the Shadow allow commanders to have a bird's eye view of events on the ground, providing valuable, life-saving intelligence. "What we bring to the table," said Army 2nd Lt. Mark McConnell, of Lake Hopatcong, , the UAS platoon leader, "is a full motion video of what's going on, real-time."

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