Figures on the air war in Afghanistan, supplied by the U.S. military.
Military Stats Reveal Epicenter of U.S. Drone War -- Danger Room
Forget Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and all the other secret little warzones. The real center of the U.S. drone campaign is in plain sight — on the hot and open battlefield of Afghanistan.
The American military has launched 333 drone strikes this year in Afghanistan. That’s not only the highest total ever, according to U.S. Air Force statistics. It’s essentially the same number of robotic attacks in Pakistan since the CIA-led campaign there began nearly eight years ago. In the last 30 days, there have been three reported strikes in Yemen. In Afghanistan, that’s just an average day’s worth of remotely piloted attacks. And the increased strikes come as the rest of the war in Afghanistan is slowing down.
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My Comment: A good review of the U.S. drone war in Afghanistan. My prediction .... this drone war is going to now shift to Yemen and Africa.
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