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Drones and the Postmodern War

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220px-teledyne-ryan-firebee-hatzerim-1_small An al Qaeda lieutenant suspected for the USS Cole bombing was killed by a 2002 U.S. predator drone strike in Yemen.  Seven years -- and many US drone strikes later -- another attack killed an infamous Taliban leader. War News Radio’s Ankhi Thakurta takes a look at how unmanned devices  have become integral to the US military strategy in this brief history of modern warfare.

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An al Qaeda lieutenant suspected for the USS Cole bombing was killed by a 2002 U.S. predator drone strike in Yemen.  Seven years -- and many US drone strikes later -- another attack killed an infamous Taliban leader. War News Radio’s Ankhi Thakurta takes a look at how unmanned devices  have become integral to the US military strategy in this brief history of modern warfare.