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Imperial, Crusading US developing new generation of drones

Tue May 17, 2011 2:35AM

Vice Admiral Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the US 7th Fleet

The United States is developing a new generation of sea-based drones that could be used on aircraft carriers, which experts say would be deployed in Asia.

Vice Admiral Scott Van Buskirk, commander of the US 7th Fleet, which covers most of the Pacific and Indian oceans, told AP on Monday that the new generation of drones would play an integral role in future US operations in Asia.

Experts say the new drones can be used on any of the eleven US carriers worldwide.

Land-based drones are widely used in the war in Afghanistan and Pakistan, but sea-based versions will take several more years to develop.

Sea-based drones would have a combat radius of over 2,700 kilometers and would remain airborne for 50 to 100 hours.

Drones are used for deadly airstrikes in Pakistan on an almost daily basis.

Earlier on Monday, unauthorized US drone attacks killed at least eleven people in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region.

Media reports say eight people were killed after a US drone fired two missiles at targets in the Miranshah area of North Waziristan.

Washington claims the strikes target militants. However, the attacks, conducted by the CIA in coordination with the Pentagon, have killed hundreds of civilians in Pakistan since 2008.

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