Ground control station: Experienced 'pilots' from XIII Squadron guide Reapers at 50,000ft above Helmand Province via satellite from high-security RAF Waddington, near Lincoln
RAF Pilot Unleashes Hell On Taliban... From The Comfort Of An Armchair In Lincolnshire: Mail Given First Glimpse Inside Drone HQ -- Daily Mail
* Experienced 'pilots' from XIII Squadron guide Reapers above Helmand
* They work via satellite from high-security RAF Waddington near Lincoln
* Seated in two ground control stations the size of shipping containers
* Steer drones remotely as they support British troops fighting Taliban
Sitting before a bank of flickering computer screens and controls, the RAF pilot flies a drone in the skies above Afghanistan.
But the airman is not operating the £10million Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from the warzone – or even the US.
Instead, he is 8,000 miles away in a hi-tech control hub in a remote part of East Anglia – poised to order the controversial robot to carry out airstrikes using its fearsome array of Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs.
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My Comment: It appears that the British are copying what the American drone program is doing.
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