I know this is an old thread, but it is definately interesting. It seems that the smaller Unmanned Aicraft Systems are very appropriate for Twilight 2000. The Pioneer (RQ-2) and Pointer (FQM-151) were in use at the time the Twilight War and it seems logical their use would have ramped up significantly during war time. You would have to fudge the timelines of the the Raven (RQ-11) and Shadow (RQ-7) a bit, but they would also work nicely.
The Shadow is the platform I am familiar with. I don't know enough about the system to say if it could work on alcohol, but it was originally designed to operate off Mogas which is useful since Avgas is mostly gone. Plus, the earlier versions of the control station felt like cutting age 1980's technology. An example is they had Sony VCRs to record mission data.
It's my understanding the Raven can be charged from a HMMWV and are extremetly tough and simple.
While both of these systems are mostly used for recon, they are very portable, don't require airfields to operate, and would be very useful to military units (or anybody else) that have lost support from higher level surveilance and intelligence assets.
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