"... Although the more or less official term for vehicles of this type is UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle), a French word [from Greek roots] for a plane without a pilot has been coined - "gnopter". The word comes from the Greek words: "gnosis" meaning knowledge, "gnome" meaning intelligence and "pteron" meaning wing.This word sums up the machine's mission. The gnopter is a device that can increase information on, or knowledge of a given location. The machines can also be adjusted in real-time, to fulfill a given mission."
I can imagine the jokes. A british Lynx helicopter friendly advice to an american F-15 fighter, about the gnopter: stay away from that frenchie girl, she has gonorrhea!".
So much about NATO interoperability... :)
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