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Oct 17

How Russia is using Iranian killer drones to spread terror in Ukraine

By Associated Press

They are precise, small in size, able to engage a target in relatively large numbers like a swarm of wasps and above all, they’re cheap.

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Oct 17

Russian explosive drones strike Ukraine’s capital, 4 killed

By Sabra Ayres, Hanna Arhirova, Inna Varenytsia, Associated Press

Waves of explosives-laden suicide drones have struck Ukraine's capital, setting buildings ablaze and tearing a hole in one of them.

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Jun 06

Company halts plans for Taser drone after 9 members of its ethics board resign

By Michael Balsamo, Associated Press

The company best known for developing the Taser says it's halting plans to develop a Taser-equipped drone. The decision by Axon comes as a majority of its ethics board resigned over the project.

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Mar 22

Wallets, IDs but no survivors found in China Eastern crash

By Dake Kang, Ng Han Guan, Associated Press

Video clips show small pieces of the plane and exposed earth where the plane crashed, but no survivors have been found.

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Mar 16

WATCH: President Biden approves more anti-aircraft systems, drones for Ukraine

By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press

The president's comments came as he formally announced his administration was sending an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, making a total of $2 billion in such aid sent to Kyiv since Biden took office more than a…

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Nov 25

Mexico’s drug war fought with drones, human shields, gunships

By Mark Stevenson, Associated Press

Residents of the town of Aguililla are fed up with the army's strategy to simply separate competing gangs. They want the army to either fight both cartels, or let the two gangs fight it out.

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Sep 08

U.S. Navy launches Mideast drone task force amid Iran tensions

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The U.S. Navy's Mideast-based 5th Fleet says it will launch a new task force that incorporates airborne, sailing and underwater drones after years of maritime attacks linked to ongoing tensions with Iran.

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Sep 14

Yemen rebels claim drone attacks on major Saudi oil sites

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

Drones claimed by Yemen’s Houthi rebels attacked the world’s largest oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia and a major oilfield operated by Saudi Aramco early Saturday, sparking a huge fire at a processor crucial to global energy supplies.

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Jul 19

Iran denies Trump’s claim that the U.S. destroyed its drone

By Amir Vahdat, David Rising, Associated Press

The Iranian military said all its drones had returned safely to their bases and denied there was any confrontation with a U.S. vessel the previous day.

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Jul 18

Trump says U.S. warship destroyed Iranian drone

By Associated Press

President Donald Trump says the USS Boxer took defensive action after the drone closed to within 1,000 yards of the warship and ignored multiple calls to stand down.

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