Yes.... and no.
Yes, they would exist, and be used. Especially in the first year or so. But none of them would be what people think of as UAV's these days: Serving for the most part as unmanned forward observers for artillery more than anything else.
The idea of Predators, and Global Hawks, as well as other advanced recon platforms, No. Tech wasn't *quite* there - at least in any significant numbers. I would imagine there was a few of the more advanced out there, but only a few.
Of course, this is a matter of opinion: For them to exist in the TW2K timeline, they would have to be in service no later than 97 - figuring the year or two buildup would push the arrival of the 96 and 97 era designs to operational status before the beginning of the war.
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