US to Deploy New Spy Drone in Middle East Instead of Asia

The US is planning to deploy its advanced MQ-4C Triton spy drone in the Middle East due to the increasing instability, instead of deploying it in the Asia-Pacific region, as planned.

The spy drone is likely to be operational by the end of 2015. The US Navy originally planned to put the latest drone into service by the end of 2016 in Guam to monitor the Asia-Pacific region.

The volatile environment in the Middle Eastern region fuelled by the ongoing Syrian civil war, unrest in Egypt and Iran's controversial nuclear programme has forced Washington to change its mind.

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