That's the IAI Harpy drone which is an entirely Israeli drone which we sold some older variants of to China. The drone itself has nothing to do with the U.S.. Who checks the facts for your website for gods sake?

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Is that a fire extinguisher attached to it?

them during the War of Attrition 1968-1970. These were large model airplanes used by hobbists but used by Israel to photograph Egyptian positions beyond the sand berm on the other side of the Suez Canal. Israel invented UAVS and their operational deployment. US UAVs are derivatives of Israeli UAVs and technology. Israel was the pioneer in this field.

Although unarmed drones are a good thing, ground-attack drones are not. The operators of ground-attack drones are so distant from the battlefield they think they are playing a video game. They have no feeling for what they are really doing. In standard careful ground operations, 2 civilians are killed for each combatant, like UK and US forces did in Iraq. When the leadership is immoral and dismissive of human life, drones are far worse. Until now it was accepted that Obama's drones killed 9 civilians for each combatant. It turns out to be much worse: Obama is killing 49 civilians for each combatant in Pakistan,.

Israel was in the drone business in the 80s and Israel was even selling them to the US for border patrol. America didn't get in on the UAV business in any major way until after Desert Storm in 1991. Israel is the second largest individual country exporting UAVS but the US is easily daily top dog. Very few countries have developed combat UAVS and the US is very picky about who they will sell to because they are part of the Missile Technology Control Regime which is designed to stop the export of missiles & powerful long range UAVS like Predator. Israel has not signed the MTCR so is can sell what it likes to whoever it likes. Drones today are the modern version of WW1 biplanes and will eventually evolve into the 21st century fighter jet which will have big implications for Israel's future in the UAV industry. Can Israel afford to develop unmanned Lavis or will it start buying American when the things start getting more expensive. If Israel does go American it will kill the Israeli UAV business same way the F16 killed Israel's domestic fighter jet industry. The drone in the corner picture is not American its the Israeli made Harpy designed for taking out radars.

Attack drones is grand! Turned many of our most fanatical, evasive enemies into shredded BBQ over the years. The perfect counterpart to those employing IEDs. Collateral damage simply a part of the game to reach opponents who deliberately hide & operate amongst civilians. War is ugly, and drones are efficient.