There was a time when all the world's military drone strikes were directed from a small base in Nevada. No more. In a first, the UK has carried out a strike in Afghanistan by pilots controlling the drone from within Britain.
The nature of the strike is unclear. The Ministry of Defence said it "does not discuss details of specific missions for operational security reasons," according to a statement obtained by Flight, which reported the strike was carried out on 30 April by an armed Royal Air Force MQ-9 Reaper -- most likely launched from Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. The ministry merely confirmed that one of its Reaper drones, controlled by pilots from the Royal Air Force's 13 Squadron at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire fired a weapon "supporting UK forces on the ground in Afghanistan."
By: Robert Beckhusen, Edited by: Kadhim Shubber
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-05/3/british-drone-strike
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