Report: U.S. Military Needs More Drones, Not Better Ones

MQ-9 Reaper drone comes into land at Kandahar Airbase in Helmand, Afghanistan Fg Off Owen Cheverton/Ministry of Defense, UK American military involvement in Afghanistan is winding down. The production run of the MQ-1 Predator, an unmanned surveillance aircraft adapted to carry missiles and strike targets from above, is over. This poses a question for military planners: What kind of drone will the U.S. Air Force need next? A new report, published last Friday by the think tank Rand Corporation, sa...