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Video: UAVs In Use In Iraq

Writing by Evan Ackerman on Tuesday, 14 of October , 2008 at 5:07 am

While we hear a lot about how potentially useful drones are in Iraq, it’s somewhat rarer to get an account of exactly how armed and unarmed UAVs are used in battle. 60 Minutes has a piece on the battle for Sadr City, which used Shadow drones and Predator drones working together to track and engage insurgents. It gives you a sense of just how powerful these UAVs are (in the strategic sense), and how much it’s changing the way the military is doing things.

VIA [ Danger Room ]

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Category: Military

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Comment by tim

Made Saturday, 16 of January , 2010 at 10:55 am

dude what a letdown this could have been such an awsome project

Comment by quantum_flux

Made Sunday, 24 of October , 2010 at 2:40 am

It’s all fun and games until you’ve been shot by a robot
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