American drones in Pakistan’s borderlands

... produced in more than 50 countries including the US, Great Britain, France, China and Israel. General Atomics, Northrop Grumman (USA), EADS – Talarion (EU), Elbit Systems (Israel) are among the largest UAV manufacturers. In 2005 the total UAV market value ... ... missiles. It enabled the US to employ large UAVs to deliver pinpoint attacks across the territory of foreign countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. A non-existent risk of operator seizure in case of the UAV crash makes the drone an ideal instrument ...