Recon Drone

The Recon Drone is a 10-point Support pointstreak that appears in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Overview
This pointstreak gives the player a small, controllable moose UAV that can fly around the map, and "tag" enemy players, UAVs and turrets. "Tagged" targets will be permanently shown on friendly minimaps until they are killed. The position of tagged targets are updated in real-time, similar to the Blackbird killstreak from Black Ops. The Recon Drone also acts as a mobile Scrambler, causing the radars of nearby enemies to fill with static.

Tagging an enemy grants the same amount of XP as a kill with additional assist XP for a "tagged assist" if that enemy is killed by a teammate. Being tagged by the Recon Drone gives a "Tagged by Recon Drone!" message, and lightly blinds and deafens the target, similar to a Flashbang.

The drone lasts for 60 seconds and seems to have an altitude limit. When reaching it, the image on the screen will start losing definition, similar to the gradual "snow-in" effect of the Scrambler perk. The altitude limit is unique for every map. Also, the Recon Drone can be destroyed somewhat easily, as it must fly close to the target in order to tag it, and the Drone can be seen on the radar at all times, which makes it easy for the enemy to shoot the Drone down with only a few bullets.

It is important to remember that the Recon Drone requires UAV coordination in Hardcore Modes that most would find not worth their time and effort. In Hardcore, tagging an enemy will still grant XP, but does not automatically bring up a UAV for anyone. A UAV or Advanced UAV has to already be up, or called in during tagging, for the Recon Drone to be useful.

Trivia

 * After the Title Update on November 24, when holding the Recon Drone the player would get instructions on launching it.
 * The Recon Drone's radio chatter is reused from the AC-130 pointstreak.
 * The Recon Drone carries two sets of flares, similar to AC-130.
 * Blind Eye does not protect players from being tagged by Recon Drones.
 * Tagged assists from the recon drone do not count towards Hardline Pro kills.
 * This point streak is unavailable for Wii

Video
thumb|left|270px|Recon Drone gameplay.thumb|270px|right|A Recon Drone can protect a player from a Predator Missile by taking the missile's direct impact.