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Four Marines stand and watch as a small lighted drone hovers over a square patch of ground demarcated by sticks against a dark sky.

SkyRaider Spectacle

Marines watch an R80D SkyRaider drone land at Fort Bragg, N.C., April 20, 2021, Rolling Thunder 21.2, a live-fire artillery exercise to increase the 2nd Marine Division’s combat readiness against a peer competitor.

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Tags: reform, autonomy, engineering, technology, marine corps, rolling thunder 21.2
Credit: Marine Corps Pfc.Sarah Pysher VIRIN: 210420-M-EA659-2105Y.JPG

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