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Israel says it shoots down Hezbollah drone

The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft sent by the Hezbollah group into Israeli skies....

 

U.S. Plans Base for Surveillance Drones in Northwest Africa

The military’s Africa Command is making preparations to install unarmed drones as Islamist extremist groups are seen as posing a growing menace to the region.

 

Drone strikes in Pakistan have killed many civilians, study says

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Far more civilians have been killed by U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal areas than U.S. counter-terrorism officials have acknowledged, a new study by human rights researchers at Stanford University and New York University contends.

 

The Moral Case for Drones

U.S. Drones

Some moral philosophers, political scientists and weapons specialists believe armed, unmanned aircraft offer marked moral advantages over almost any other tool of warfare.

 

Talk of drones patrolling US skies spawns anxiety

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The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms....

 

Air Force buys an Avenger, its biggest and fastest armed drone

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The new radar-evading aircraft, which cost the Air Force $15 million, has a maximum takeoff weight of 15,800 pounds and can fly at 460 mph. The drone, built near San Diego, is for testing purposes. The Air Force has bought a new hunter-killer aircraft that is the fastest and largest armed drone in its fleet.

Senh: I thought these things are built by the U.S. military, not private companies.

 

US Army unveils helicopter drone

Helicopter Drone

New helicopter-style drones with 1.8 gigapixel colour cameras, capable of following 65 separate targets, are being developed by the US Army.

 

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