Unmanned aerial vehicles have soared the skies of Afghanistan and Iraq for years, spotting enemy encampments, protecting military bases, and even launching missile attacks against suspected …
Russia to use drones for G8 summit security-report
Russia said on Friday it will use new unmanned drones to help provide security during a summit of the Group of Eight industrialised nations in July. RIA news agency quoted Deputy Interior Minister …
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One Small Step for Drones
For decades, Lockheed Martin Corp. has pioneered innovative warplanes -- the kind that take pilots higher, faster and more stealthily into enemy airspace. Now, the defense giant is diving into a …
CIA Expands Use of Drones in Terror War
Despite protests from other countries, the United States is expanding a top-secret effort to kill suspected terrorists with drone-fired missiles as it pursues an increasingly decentralized Al Qaeda, …
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Small Firms Turn to Drones
A soldier wary of what's over the next hill can snap together the nose, tail, body and two wings of the Evolution XTS, all six pounds of it, and find out. Just load a hand-held sling shot and let the …
Pakistan forces find spy drone, arrest militants
Pakistani forces recovered an unmanned drone aircraft and seized 21 militants in a raid on suspected Al-Qaeda hideouts in the tribal areas near Afghanistan, a top commander said. Militants used the …
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US drone plane kills Al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan: report
An Al-Qaeda leader from Yemen was killed this week by a missile fired by an unmanned CIA Predator plane in a mountain region of Pakistan close to the border with Afghanistan, US media reported. …
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U.S. Drones Crowd Iraq’s Skies To Fight Insurgents
In the skies over Iraq, the number of remotely piloted aircraft - increasingly crucial tools in tracking insurgents, foiling roadside bombings, protecting convoys and launching missile attacks - has …
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Iran Threatens To Shoot Down U.S. Drones
Iran's intelligence chief on Wednesday accused the United States of flying spy drones over its nuclear sites and threatened to shoot down the unmanned surveillance crafts. Intelligence Minister Ali …
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Hezbollah Sends Drone Plane Over Israel
Hezbollah sent a reconnaissance drone into Israeli territory over northern Jewish settlements Sunday in the first hostile aerial incursion from Lebanon since a hang glider attack 17 years ago killed …
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