Read more spy drones stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27692/spy-drones.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:40:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74697/blackwater-waging-secret-war-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn elite team of Blackwater operatives have been doing the CIA's dirty work in Pakistan, a Nation investigation finds. The team plans operations, including "snatch-and-grab" assassinations and drone strikes from a secret base in Karachi run by US Joint Special Operations Command, according to a senior source with direct involvement...http://www.newser.com/story/74697/blackwater-waging-secret-war-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 3:33:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71254/canada-to-us-are-we-still-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCanada’s biggest problem now also happens to be its best friend: America. PM Stephen Harper once worried that Canada’s “special relationship” with the US had been lost under George W. Bush—and it hasn’t improved a bit under Obama, writes Luiza Ch. Savage in Macleans . Not only has Obama kept...http://www.newser.com/story/71254/canada-to-us-are-we-still-friends.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Oct 2009 22:13:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61126/pentagon-prefers-blimps-to-35m-spy-planes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFinancially grounded by the recession, the Pentagon and governments around the world are launching blimps to spy on their enemies, the Economist reports. Such balloons cost far less than Predator and Global Hawk drones—which can sell for $35 million each—and stay airborne for more than a week, while...http://www.newser.com/story/61126/pentagon-prefers-blimps-to-35m-spy-planes.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 05 Jun 2009 19:34:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52703/pakistan-bombings-kill-15.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThree separate bombings killed 15 people in northwestern Pakistan today, while authorities investigated reports that a pilotless US drone crashed in the region bordering Afghanistan. The bombings, coming days after gunmen attacked Sri Lanka's visiting cricket team, were a fresh reminder of the militant threat in Pakistan, where Western leaders...http://www.newser.com/story/52703/pakistan-bombings-kill-15.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 07 Mar 2009 12:24:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38250/us-drone-downed-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pakistani military says it has recovered the wreckage of an American spy drone in the tense Afghan border region. Local tribesmen had earlier claimed to have shot the drone down, but Pakistani officials said the wreckage had no bullet holes, and apparently was downed by a malfunction. US officials...http://www.newser.com/story/38250/us-drone-downed-in-pakistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Sep 2008 7:27:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37051/after-7-years-new-tactics-to-find-bin-laden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSeven years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the US has no bead on Osama bin Laden, believed to be hiding out in Pakistan's lawless northwest. Frustrated by the lack of progress, American and Pakistani officials have shifted their strategy to target other top al-Qaeda...http://www.newser.com/story/37051/after-7-years-new-tactics-to-find-bin-laden.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 10 Sep 2008 7:57:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29846/us-releases-pakistan-border-clash-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagUS-led coalition forces have released a video shot from a surveillance drone showing a controversial clash on the Afghan-Pakistan border. Pakistan claims the engagement led to an airstrike that killed 11 of its troops, but the coalition says the footage proves that US and Afghan forces were simply returning fire...http://www.newser.com/story/29846/us-releases-pakistan-border-clash-video.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Jun 2008 7:50:22 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29294/robot-drones-have-changed-war-in-iraq-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt the outset of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were little more than nifty, if sometimes helpful toys. They’ve since cemented a key role in US operations, Newsweek reports. Now hundreds of drones, some as small as model airplanes, keep an unblinking eye on militant movements,...http://www.newser.com/story/29294/robot-drones-have-changed-war-in-iraq-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Jun 2008 16:51:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22591/miami-hopes-to-patrol-streets-with-flying-spy-drones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA flying spy drone may soon join the ranks of Miami's finest, pending FAA approval of the 14-pound bot. "Our intentions are to use it only in tactical situations as an extra set of eyes," says a department spokesman. The US military has been using spy drones for years, reports...http://www.newser.com/story/22591/miami-hopes-to-patrol-streets-with-flying-spy-drones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 26 Mar 2008 11:44:00 CDT