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Saturday, November 03, 2012

Tiny drones to get cheap, GPS-guided bombs

Air mortar |The US military and CIA have used "drone strikes" heavily in the war in Afghanistan and the hunt for members of Al-Qaeda.

They've fired Hellfire missiles from the long-range Predator, Reaper, and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, killing over 3,000 people so far with such attacks.

But at 45 kilograms, the Hellfire weighs almost as much as some small drones, and it costs several thousand pounds.

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