LONDON - Britain is to double the number of armed drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, the
Guardian reported on Tuesday.
In a new squadron of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), five Reaper drones will be sent to Afghanistan and be in operation within six weeks, with control coming, for the first time, from terminals and screens in Britain, the newspaper said.
Pilots based in a high-tech site at RAF Waddington, a military base in England, will fly the recently bought American-made UAVs, according to the
Guardian.
