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Pakistani drone crashes near air base
Military uses locally made drones for surveillance in a country now fighting a Taliban and militant insurgency
An air force spokesman in Pakistan says one of his country’s drones has crashed while trying to land at a base.
Air Commodore Tariq Mahmood said the drone crashed on Sunday during a routine flight in eastern Punjab province. Mahmood says the drone sustained minor damage in the crash and that no one was injured on the ground.
Pakistan’s military uses locally made drones for surveillance in a country now fighting a Taliban and militant insurgency.
The US also conducts drone strikes on suspected militants in the country, a source of tension between Washington and Islamabad. The US strikes had seen a six-month lull until a recent Pakistani offensive in its North Waziristan tribal region against militants there.
Pakistani drone crashes near air base | GulfNews.com
Pakistani drone crashes near air base
Military uses locally made drones for surveillance in a country now fighting a Taliban and militant insurgency
An air force spokesman in Pakistan says one of his country’s drones has crashed while trying to land at a base.
Air Commodore Tariq Mahmood said the drone crashed on Sunday during a routine flight in eastern Punjab province. Mahmood says the drone sustained minor damage in the crash and that no one was injured on the ground.
Pakistan’s military uses locally made drones for surveillance in a country now fighting a Taliban and militant insurgency.
The US also conducts drone strikes on suspected militants in the country, a source of tension between Washington and Islamabad. The US strikes had seen a six-month lull until a recent Pakistani offensive in its North Waziristan tribal region against militants there.
Pakistani drone crashes near air base | GulfNews.com
