3 April 2015

Here’s How U.S. Air Force Drones Snoop on Latin America

By JOSEPH TREVITHICK

Drones are only getting more and more ubiquitous, but large military-grade unmanned spies are still too expensive for most countries to fly.

Well aware of these issues, the U.S. Air Force is working to make its massive RQ-4 Global Hawks available to its allies in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to an official briefing we obtained via the Freedom of Information Act.

During the 2011 briefing, the flying branch explained that the RQ-4—which has a longer wingspan than a Boeing 737 airliner—is useful for finding drug fields and helping plan offensives against rebel groups.

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