The combat drone was once the preserve of ... iconic weapon of that period of counter-insurgency warfare waged by the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. This corresponded with ...

But for some in the region, it is a particularly stark example of the ongoing dangers of drone warfare. When the US started to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban managed to seize ...

was first used by the UK in Afghanistan in 2008 for surveillance, and later fitted with weapons. By March 2015 the UK had carried out some 70 drone strikes against so-called Islamic State (IS ...

Veterans’ Minister Alistair Carns said the massive increase in use of drones in the Ukraine war was ‘like a machine gun moment for the army’ ...