AP Exclusive: Military's Use of Unmanned Drones That Can Watch, Hunt Insurgents Surges in Iraq
In this undated image provided by the US Air Force Ben Roserug and Jim Dooley unload an AGM-114 Hellfire missile from an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle after a mission in May at Balad Air Base, Iraq. The military's reliance on unmanned aircraft that can watch, hunt and sometimes kill insurgents has soared to more than 500,000 hours in the air, largely in Iraq, The Associated Press has learned. Pentagon officials said that even as troops begin to slowly come home this year, the use of Predators, Global Hawks, Shadows and Ravens will not likely slow. (AP Photo/U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jonathan Steffen, HO)
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
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