Attack
Attack noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
Reconnaissance and attack are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reconnaissance" instead a noun "Attack".
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance noun - The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy).
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Attack and reconnaissance are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Attack" instead a noun "Reconnaissance".
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- Even rarer for a combat helicopter, the Ka-50 from which the Ka-52 was derived was a single-seat craft; the Ka-52 added a second seat because it had enhanced sensors to serve a dual role as an attack and reconnaissance chopper and the single pilot couldn't handle all of that by himself.
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The family patriarch, the Mirage III, was one of the first Mach 2-capable fighters, and the family has variants for ground attack, nuclear strikes, and reconnaissance.
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The key attack aircraft of the RAF is the Panavia Tornado (with ground-attack, reconnaissance and fighter-bomber versions) which has served for a long time and only recently withdrawn from an interceptor role with the Tornado F3.
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