Rivet Joint Carves Out New Combat Roles

During the Cold War, Desert Storm and the current era of proliferating threats, the U.S. has relied on a small fleet of electronic data-gathering aircraft dubbed Rivet Joint to closely monitor foreign military activity. But until now, military and intelligence officials have carefully shielded Rivet...

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