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January 17, 2012 11:32 pm PST

Crew of 170 people needed to keep Predator drone airborne for 24h

A Freedom of Information request reveals that aerial drones are rife with expensive technical problems. The aerial disasters described draw attention not only to the technical limitations of drone warfare, but to larger conceptual flaws inherent in such operations. Launched and landed by aircrews close to battlefields in places like Afghanistan, the drones are controlled [...]


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