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Firsted Posted December 3, 2013
The American love affair with drones (officially called unmanned aerial vehicles) extends to both military and law enforcement uses. The U.S. isn’t the only country that uses drones, but it is the most regular user in the world.
Which Countries Have Drones?
The biggest owner of military drones in the world is the USA by far, with some 7500 planned to be in the skies across America in the next decade.
Business is Booming
Global spending on unmanned aerial vehicles will surge in the next 10 years, rising by a predicted 128 percent. Projected global spending on drones 2014 $5,200,000,000 2023 $11,900,000,000 Ranked drone spending over the next decade by region 1st U.S. 2nd Asia-Pacific 3rd Europe
Terror From Above?
The U.S. has been widely criticized for its use of drones to fight terrorism. In Pakistan alone, the U.S. has launched thousands of drone strikes since 2004. Fatalities in Pakistan from U.S. drone attacks (since 2004) Children 175 Civilians 535 Other 2,390* High-profile targets 49 * The U.S. classifies all adult men in Pakistan as potential terrorist targets in casualty calculations
Targeting Americans?
Many Americans assume these devices are used only to launch offensives in foreign countries. That’s a false assumption. Over the years, dozens of agencies across the U.S. have used drones for a variety of purposes, many of them classified.
This article was posted: Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 3:52 pm
Tags: big brother, domestic spying, drones, terrorism
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