Pentagon to bolster drone bomber spending
Posted on: Jan. 31st, 2006 - www.isn.ethz.ch
ISN SECURITY WATCH (31/01/06) - The US Defense Department is increasing spending on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) such as the Predator used on bombing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan and for targeting high-profile terror suspects.
That's the word according to the Quadrennial Defense Review, a Pentagon report on the state of US defenses and recommendations for their improvement issued every four years.
Although the report is not scheduled for release to the public until 6 February, ISN Security Watch received an advanced copy of the document, which calls for an acceleration of the acquisition of Predator UAVs and Global Hawks, another unmanned bombing plane.
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