6 Dec, 2012
Revealed: US, UK launched 1,200 drone strikes in recent wars
Recent conflicts in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq have seen almost 1,200 drone strikes over the past five years, according to new data released to the Bureau.
The information, much of it classified until now, shows that US Air Force drones carried out most of the 1,168 attacks. However British crews are also responsible for a significant portion of the strikes in Afghanistan.
The Bureau has obtained data from the US armed forces, Nato and the UK’s Ministry of Defence. It reveals, for example, that more than a quarter of all armed Coalition air sorties in Afghanistan are now carried out by drones.
Read the rest: Revealed: US and Britain launched 1,200 drone strikes in recent wars: The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
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