Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Six Countries Are Now Using Drones For Targeted Killings, And This List Is Growing

China is “engaged in an ambitious effort” to sell drones in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, says Ian Easton, a research fellow at the Project 2049 Institute. (Ku shou / Imaginechina)

L.A. Times: A fast growing club: Countries that use drones for killing by remote control

The targeting crosshairs are focused on a dark building, tucked in the trees, when a missile dropped from the wings streaks down and the suspected terrorist base explodes in a fireball.

The grainy video might appear to be another U.S. drone strike, but this was a Nigerian military crew operating a Chinese-built Rainbow drone against Boko Haram, an extremist militia allied with Islamic State, in northeastern Nigeria's remote Sambisa Forest on Feb. 2.

Nigeria thus joined the small but fast-growing club of countries — six so far, including three since September — using armed drones for targeted killing by remote control.

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WNU Editor: It is only a question of time before every country that is involved in a conflict will be using drones for targeted killings. I give 5 more years.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

And the MSM reports what exactly to the Low Information Voter?