Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

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[ UNIT DOSSIER // FTR-07 ] // ISR / SURVEILLANCE

RECON DRONE

Official Unit Classification // Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

Long-endurance intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft built around information, stealth interaction and extreme operating reach rather than raw combat damage. Its defining late-game transformation is the jump to 3,000 displayed attack range at Level 6.

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Eastern Family
ZOND II → United 40 B5 → MIG SKAT
Western Family
MQ1-Predator → RQ-9 Global Hawk → X-47B
European Family
Super Heron → MQ9-Reaper → NEURON
Core Identity
Long-Endurance ISR Drone
Intelligence Platform // Not A Damage Platform
The defining value is persistent reconnaissance. The supplied unit data confirms army-composition intelligence, stealth behaviour, stealth-ground detection, carrier operation and 24-hour flight endurance. Level 6 then doubles the displayed long-range coverage tier from 1,500 to 3,000.
[ RECON DRONE CONFIGURATOR ]

Select Doctrine & Level

Select doctrine and Level 1–6. Platform identity, speed, HP, sight, mobilization and confirmed attack-range information update below. Values that are not numerically supplied remain intentionally unspecified.
Selected ATK Range Not Shown
Select Recon Drone Level
[ ACTIVE RECON PROFILE ]
Eastern // Level 1
ZOND II // Speed 5 // HP 2 // Sight 50
Level 1
ATK Range
—
Numeric value not supplied at L1
Speed
5
Reaches 6 from Level 4
Hit Points
2
Doctrine-specific uncertainty retained at L2
Sight
50
55 on confirmed later tiers
Mobilization
13H
Reaches 20h at Level 6
[ RANGE & ENDURANCE ]

The Numbers That Define The Drone

Mid-Tier ATK Range
1,500
Confirmed for Levels 3 through 5.
Level 6 ATK Range
3,000
Major late-game coverage breakpoint.
Flight Time
24H
1,440 minutes. This is not mobilization time.
L1 Combat Radius
750
Separate aircraft property, not the same field as ATK range.
[ ISR CAPABILITY PACKAGE ]

Reconnaissance Systems

Reconnaissance
Can identify the precise composition of an army located inside sight range.
Stealth
The supplied stealth property states that the aircraft is not visible while it is not in combat.
Reveal Stealth
Can reveal stealth ground units located within sight range.
Carrier Operations
Can operate from aircraft carriers. The supplied property also states that the aircraft does not recover while landed on a carrier.
Aircraft Endurance
Refuel 15 minutes, transport range 10,000, flight time 1,440 minutes and patrol radius 40.
Cruise Missile
Higher-level UAV data confirms missile capacity 1 with a 12-hour reload. Missile launch remains separate from normal UAV attack values.
[ DOCTRINE INTELLIGENCE ]

Three Drone Families

[ DOC-E // EASTERN UAV ]
Eastern Doctrine
ZOND II → United 40 B5 → MIG SKAT
L1–2 use ZOND II, L3–5 use United 40 B5 and L6 uses MIG SKAT. The confirmed L6 profile shows ATK 4 / 6.5, range 3,000, speed 6, HP 5, sight 55 and mobilization 20h.
[ DOC-W // WESTERN UAV ]
Western Doctrine
MQ1-Predator → RQ-9 Global Hawk → X-47B
L1–2 use MQ1-Predator, L3–5 use RQ-9 Global Hawk and L6 uses X-47B. The confirmed top profile converges on the same 3,000-range end-state.
[ DOC-EU // EUROPEAN UAV ]
European Doctrine
Super Heron → MQ9-Reaper → NEURON
L1–2 use Super Heron, L3–5 use MQ9-Reaper and L6 uses NEURON. European also has a complete supplied research timeline from Day 1 to Day 28.
[ LEVEL PROGRESSION ]

Range · Speed · HP · Sight

Level Generation ATK Range Speed HP Sight Mobilization
L1 Entry Drone Not numerically shown 5 2 50 13h
L2 Entry Drone Not numerically shown 5 Doctrine dependent 50–55 visible 13–15h visible
L3 Mid Drone 1,500 5 3 55 14h
L4 Mid Drone 1,500 6 3 55 15h
L5 Mid Drone 1,500 6 5 55 16h
L6 Top Drone 3,000 6 5 55 20h
[ UPGRADE BREAKPOINTS ]

Drone Evolution

L1–L2
Recon Package Online
Establishes reconnaissance, stealth interaction, long endurance and stealth-ground detection.
Level 3
1,500 Range Tier
First supplied generation with a clearly confirmed 1,500 displayed attack range.
Level 6
3,000 Range Breakpoint
MIG SKAT, X-47B and NEURON all reach the confirmed 3,000 displayed range tier, doubling the previous supplied range.
[ RESEARCH TIMING ]

European Timeline

L1
Day 1
L2
Day 6
L3
Day 11
L4
Day 17
L5
Day 22
L6
Day 28
Research Timing // Keep Doctrine-Specific
European has a complete confirmed Level 1–6 sequence of Day 1, 6, 11, 17, 22 and 28. Eastern and Western have their own independent research progression, but the supplied material does not provide a complete exact level-to-day transcription for those doctrines here. Their timing is therefore not copied from European or filled with unsupported values.
Data Separation // Range Fields
The 750 Level 1 combat-radius property, the 1,500 and 3,000 displayed attack-range values, the 10,000 transport range and the patrol radius of 40 are separate aircraft fields. They should remain separate in the WW3Planner calculator instead of being treated as interchangeable range measurements.
[ FIGHTER NETWORK ] // DOSSIER 07 / 08
Extend The Intelligence Picture
Load the Recon Drone into the WW3Planner Battle Calculator while keeping attack range, combat radius, endurance, transport range, sight, stealth detection and missile capability as separate operational fields.
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