Britain has amassed a force of 657 military drones, the Sunday People can reveal.The £4billion fleet of unmanned aircraft built to probe deep into the deadliest warzones is one of the largest in the world.
And they include 10 Reaper MQ-9s, which are armed with Hellfire missiles plus laser-guided 500lb bombs and can hover 20,000ft above targets for more than 20 hours.
Drones have been blamed for a series of civilian deaths in Afghanistan in recent years – but top brass claim they have also saved the lives of scores of British troops lives by killing hundreds of Taliban insurgents.
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