Army Spc. Charles Farram launches the Raven unmanned aerial vehicle in order to provide route reconnaissance through Mussayib, Iraq. The Raven accounts for the bulk of unmanned flight hours.They are set to rack up about 300,000 hours this year -- double the time they were used last year, an Army colonel said. James J. Lee / StaffCIA Lawyer: How I Issued Drone ‘Death Warrants’ -- The Danger Room
You can expect to see at least two people inside the secret bunkers in Virginia where the CIA pilots its lethal drones over Pakistan. One controls the distant drone, his hand on a joystick, ready to fire off a missile at a target below. Another is a CIA lawyer, watching to ensure that the operator is within his rights to attack his target. Call it a “punctilious” method to avoid civilian casualties and legal hot water, as one of those lawyers recently did — or call it the bureaucratization of a shadow war.
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More News ON UAV Drones
Inside the Killing Machine -- Newsweek
Eyes of Army Drones Multiply, Open Wide -- National Defense
Senators Propose UAV Test Site Provision in FAA Bill -- Government Video
Air Force to launch new UAV program -- Dayton Business Journal
Raise the bar for new Reaper, colonel says -- Defense Systems
Is the Pentagon’s Drone Spending Spree Over? -- The Danger Room
Nation's first drone test pilot trainee has the right-click stuff -- L.A. Times
European unity the first victim of killer drones -- Yahoo News/Reuters
South Korea assesses Israeli UAVs -- Flight Global
Predator Drone Strikes Targeting Islamic Militants On The Rise In Pakistan -- Huffington Post
Drones in slumber after Davis incident -- The International News
Why are the Drones Asleep since the Raymond Davis incident in Pakistan? -- AllVoices
67% of Pakistani journalists say US drones attacks are acts of terrorism: survey -- The Raw Story
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