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Or their Arab neighbors. (Forget the last one. Places like Iraq desperately need private investment, but I think we’re getting a little ahead of ourselves here. And let’s be honest, I don’t think we’re anywhere close to being ready for something like this. Spencer Ackerman sees it as a drain on Iraqi resources as well [...]

Using the UAV’s electro-optical/infrared payload, ISTAR missions have included identifying Taliban repeater stations, following insurgents from a contact back to their hideout and flying low over enemy combatants, causing them to retreat. Hermes air vehicles have flown 3,000h in Iraq and 4,000h in Afghanistan since last year, with the army saying there have been no [...]