French President Francois Hollande has announced that his country is going to send drones over Syria allegedly to spy on Daesh Takfiris, claiming that the terrorist group plans to attack the country.
The US Air Force has deployed two of its most advanced military Global Hawk drones in one of their air bases in northern Japan with the likely aim of conducting spying operations against China and North Korea given the top-secret features of the pilotless aerial vehicles.
The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has produced a scathing report detailing the Air Force’s mismanagement of its active-duty drone pilots, who are responsible for the most demanding and deadly missions in the entire US military.
The US Air Force has testing a large, top secret drone at Area 51, which outdoes the currently used unmanned aircrafts in terms of stealth and aerodynamic efficiency, US media report.
The European Union is planning to “own and operate” spy drones, surveillance satellites and aircraft as part of a new intelligence and security agency under the control of EU’s foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton.