{"id":3430,"date":"2010-01-22T12:32:40","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T10:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=3430"},"modified":"2010-01-22T12:36:36","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T10:36:36","slug":"pakistan-wants-unarmed-drones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/pakistan-wants-unarmed-drones\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan ‘wants unarmed drones’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States may provide Pakistan with a dozen unarmed drone aircraft to help strengthen its fight against the Taliban, US defence officials say.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Pakistan<\/a>Defence Secretary Robert Gates told a Pakistani television channel that the plan was being considered.<\/p>\n

The use of armed drones by US forces in strikes against militants in Pakistan has led to huge anti-American feeling.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Pakistan’s president said people would be less critical if drones were used by Pakistani troops.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people – many of them militants, but many more civilians – have died in attacks by armed drones in tribal areas of Pakistan where al-Qaeda and Taliban militants are believed to operate.<\/p>\n

“There are some tactical UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that we are considering, yes,” Mr Gates said in an interview with a Pakistani television channel.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to discuss operations but I will say this: these unmanned aerial vehicles have been extremely useful to us, both in Iraq and in Afghanistan,” the defence secretary told Express TV.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press news agency quoted unnamed US officials as saying that Mr Gates was referring to a proposed deal for 12 Shadow aircraft – unarmed drones.<\/p>\n

The Shadow drones are smaller than the armed Predator and Reaper aircraft.<\/p>\n

They come equipped with sensors and cameras feeding video images back to operators on the ground and are used for reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 4)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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