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Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Report: U.S. developed, but shelved, nuclear-powered drones

[RQ-4A Global Hawk]Drones have become the favorite weapon system of the Obama administration, currently in use in several countries around the world by both intelligence services and the military.

Be it for spying or killing, drones keep pilots safe thousands of miles away as they spend sometimes days in the air. Now imagine if drones could spend months in the air.

Just as nuclear energy is used to keep submarines and ships at sea for months on end, plans have been drawn up to give drones a similar capability in the skies, the Guardian reports.

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