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Drones
The business, politics and technology behind drones.
Combat by Camera
Multiple missteps led to drone killing U.S. troops
Anatomy of an Afghan war tragedy
War zone drone crashes add up
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U.S. Predator teams and a special operations unit on the ground studying a suspicious convoy make a series of fateful missteps as they try to distinguish friend from foe.
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The unmanned craft were rushed into use in 2001 and some design and system problems were never fully addressed. Losses don’t involve lives but are expensive.
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The aircraft target Al Qaeda and the Taliban and minimize civilian deaths, U.S. officials say. Many Pakistanis decry them as indiscriminate; others approve, even some who have lost relatives.
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The Pentagon has adapted consumer-driven technology such as satellite television and digital video to give pilots, combat troops and commanders at headquarters a real-time look at the enemy on computer screens. For the first time in warfare, troops on the ground can see the enemy miles away on live video feeds.
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The agency since 2008 has been secretly allowed to kill unnamed suspects in Pakistan.
