Letâs start with military unmanned aircraft. According to the annual almanac published by the Air Force Association (http://www.airforcemag.com/Magaz...), as of mid-2016: MQ-1 Predators: 268 produced, 139 in service, 111 destroyed in accidents; MQ-9 Reapers: 346 (including those as yet undelivered), 165 in service, 24 destroyed in accidents
Secretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.In contrast to excretion, the substance may have a certain function, rather than being a waste product.ecretion is the process of elaborating, releasing, and oozing chemicals, or a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.
Definition. noun, plural: secretions. (1) The physiological process of synthesizing and eventually releasing substances from the interior of a cell to its exterior. (2) The substance secreted. Supplement. In eukaryotes, cells primarily involved in secretion have well-developed endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus. Secretion may also occur without involving the classical ER-Golgi pathway. Examples are blebbing, lysosomal secretions, etc. In humans, the glands comprised mainly of secretory cells are responsible for the production and release of substances essential to different bodily functions.