A female Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighter waits for a drone to land, in Sinjar, March 11, 2015. The drone had flown to check enemy positions near a site which had been hit by two Islamic State car bombs.
VOA: Military Drones Flood War Skies Over Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON — When an Iraqi soldier heard a buzzing sound overhead last month in Iraq’s Anbar province, he took aim and shot down what looked like a bird-sized model plane.
After studying the device, Iraq’s Ministry of Defense said it was a surveillance drone available for purchase on the Internet for less than $1,000 that was being flown by the Islamic State (IS) group.
“The brave warrior ... was able to hit a spying plane belonging to the gangs of IS,” the ministry said in a Facebook post.
Such incidents are becoming increasingly common in both Iraq and Syria. Drones from at least seven nations – and several militias and military forces including IS – are crowding the skies above Iraq, Syria and Turkey, according to interviews with analysts and officials in the region.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. is still the leader in development and use of this technology .... but everyone is now trying to catch up.
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