New Jet-Powered Drone Can Kill 1,800 Miles From Home Base

New Jet-Powered Drone Can Kill 1,800 Miles From Home Base | Danger Room | Wired.com: "The U.S. may be forced to withdraw troops completely from Afghanistan by the end of the year.



That’s bad news if you’re the CIA and your lethal drone flights over neighboring Pakistan rely on the close proximity of Afghan airstrips.

Not surprisingly, the defense industry has already produced a solution: a new jet-powered drone that can range 1,800 miles from the nearest base."