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Clare Airspace Closed for Military Drone Test

Clare Airspace Closed for Military Drone Test. STANAG SLP 3333 English. Reading comprehension, vocabulary building.
Source: "Airspace off Clare to be closed to test high-tech military spec drones"
A-techsyn is a firm that manufacturers the unmanned aircraft at their factory in Shannon Co Clare and are testing drones for the Naval Service and ecological studies.

Vocabulary focus

  1. high-tech drones
  2. specialist drug interdiction
  3. military equipment
  4. granted special permission
  5. off the coast. 
  6. unmanned aircraft
  7. Irish Aviation Authority
  8. a large swath of airspace
  9. up to 2,500 feet
  10. to exhibit at an event
  11. military grade equipment
  12. Naval Service, Irish Navy
  13. a surveillance capability
  14. to monitor drug traffickers
  15. in partnership with
  16. high-tech solution
  17. a ship to be in the area
  18. to surveil a location.
  19. stay at an undetected distance
  20. watch the suspect vessel. 
  21. to surveil disaster sites
  22. deployed with military personnel
  23. aid agencies. 
  24. ecological studies
  25. ahead of the construction of
  26. massive off-shore wind farms.
  27. the potential to reduce the number of
  28. site-based personnel
  29. weather downtime
  30. areas inaccessible by traditional methods
  31. airspace closure states
  32. temporary restricted area
  33. blocks flights in the area
  34. .. except for emergency services
  35. to be in control of the airspace.
  36. a 4.5 metre wing span
  37. vertically take off and land. 
  38. adjacent to
  39. helicopter flights in and out of
  40. has liaised with
  41. to ensure safety is maintained. 
  42. in control of the airspace
  43. suspend (our) flights
  44. safety and risk mitigation
  45. reach altitudes of 18,000 feet
  46. the seaside resort town of
  47. testing subsurface drones
  48. military monitoring and surveillance