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The first ever drone was made by Australia. They launched some 200 pilotless balloons mounted with bombs against the city of Venice.
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The first functioning unmanned aerial vehicle was developed in 1918. It was named The Kettering Bug. The bug was a simple, cheaply made 12-foot-long wooden drone with a wingspan of nearly 15 feet. The drone weighed just 530 pounds, including a 180 pound bomb. It was powered by a four-cylinder, 40-horsepower engine manufactured by Ford.
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Lightening Bug was used in Vietnam and South Asia in the mid to late 1960s. At the end of the Vietnam war 33 were given to Israel where they were used to undertake surveillance missions during the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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The UK began using their Reaper drones over Afghanistan in October 2007 with the first strike taking place at the end of May 2008.
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The US send out drones to Afghanastan. There were recorded 294 drone attacks.
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US military carried out 447 drone attacks in Afghanastan.
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Obama talked about the US government making the drone campaign as a targeted focus against terrism
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There were reports of 5 attacks in yemen and 8 attacks in yemen already in the first 2 months of 2013.
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CIA drone attacks have killed 2629-3461 people in Pakistan. 305 of the deaths were civilions from collatiral damage
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Pendagon had about 50 drones in his fleet
