US drone program in Yemen facing intelligence gapsThe United States is facing increasing difficulty acquiring intelligence needed to run its stealth drone program in Yemen, undermining a campaign against the most lethal branch of al Qaeda after Houthi rebels seized control of parts of the count More… |
Iranian-built copy of US drone takes first flightAn Iranian copy of a US reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday. In December 2011, Iran said it had captured a US RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone in eastern More… |
Iran army says 'copying US drone'Iran's military has started to build a copy of a US surveillance drone captured last year after breaking the software encryption, Iranian media reported on Sunday. General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace More… |
US drone crashes into Iraq party officeAn unmanned US reconnaissance drone crashed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul early on Saturday, hitting the offices of one of Iraq's biggest political parties, the US military said. No injuries were reported, and there was no indication More… |
US drone strike kills 13 in PakistanA pilotless US drone aircraft fired a missile in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing 13 people including some foreign militants, security officials and residents said. The attack was in the North Waziristan region, a stronghold of al Q More… |