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Posts Tagged unmanned aerial vehicles

Under McChrystal, Drone Strikes in Afghanistan Quietly Rise as Civilian Casualties Drop

By | 01.14.10 | 9:11 am

Last week’s two drone strikes in Afghanistan rattled journalists. Didn’t Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, sharply restrict offensive air strikes? Laura King, reporting from Kabul for the Los Angeles Times, wondered if the two strikes, occurring in rapid succession, “signaled what More…

The Air Force’s Drone-Only Future?

By | 07.17.09 | 1:06 pm

The F-22 fight notwithstanding, David Axe reports that a recent Air Force document on the future of the service’s investment in unmanned aircraft entertains the possibility of pilotless drones to replace all piloted planes by mid-century. As David writes, the document doesn’t say that such More…