US gives initial approval for Qatar to purchase MQ-9 armed drones for nearly $2 billion
The United States has given an initial approval for the energy-rich Mideast nation of Qatar to buy eight armed MQ-9B Predator ...
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US gives Qatar OK for $2 billion purchase of MQ-9B drones and weapons
An MQ-9B drone is displayed at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Grounds in Yuma, Ariz., in 2019. The U.S. gave Qatar the green ...
Sister of Master Sgt. John Chapman angry over National Medal of Honor Museum's representation: "It's disgusting"
The sister of Master Sgt. John Chapman, who died in Afghanistan in March 2002, criticized the new National Medal of Honor ...
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Ukraine pumping out kamikaze drones for as little as $300 – and they can destroy tanks: ‘This is modern warfare’
Since the last American forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, the US has relied heavily on drones to conduct so-called “over the horizon” operations, so named because they are done without ...
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Afghanistan: Kabul drone strike a terrible mistake, says US
Gen Frank McKenzie has admitted the US drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians on August 29 was "a terrible mistake". But he said "this was a self-defence strike... taken under self-defence ...
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Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Dead After U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan: 'Justice Delivered'
In a speech on the attack captured by NBC News, Biden, 79, said, "On Saturday, with my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan," killing Ayman al ...
5 Of The Fastest Military Drones, Ranked By Top Speed
Each of the military drones detailed here is incredibly fast ... and it saw action in Afghanistan soon after its introduction ...
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Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest
When the main climbing season begins next month on Mount Everest, expedition companies will test drones that can ferry loads as heavy as 35 pounds in the high altitudes, bring back ladders used to ...
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The Drone Papers
The Intercept has obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan ... into Obama’s drone wars.