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China's powerful drone ready for global market

Chinaisreadytomass-producetheCH-5reconnaissance/combatdrone,thenation'slatestofferingtotheinternationalarmeddronemarket.Thefirstmass-producedCH-5madeitsdebutfli

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Australian engineer develops drone capable of planting 1 bln trees year

AnAustralianengineerhasrevealedaplantocombatdeforestationbyusingdronestoplantonebilliontreeseveryyear.SusanGraham,anAustralianengineer,revealedonSundaythatsheha

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Report: Drones keep dropping drugs and porn into prisons

AnewreportfromUSATodayfoundthatdroneshavebeenusedmorethanadozentimestoflycontrabandintofederalprisonsoverthelastfiveyears,asscatteredreportssuggestthesmugglingo

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Pakistan army chief criticizes U.S. drone strikes

Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday criticized the U.S. drone strike in the country and described the strike as "counterproductive."

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China’s first home-made solar drone soars to near space

China'sfirstdomesticallydevelopedsolarpoweredunmannedaerialvehicle(UAV)hassuccessfullyflownto20,000metres(65,000ft)inanear-spacetestflight.The"Rainbow"drone,dev

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Suspected DPRK drone found near South Korean border

AsuspecteddronefromtheDPRKwasfoundsouthoftheDemilitarizedZoneinGangwonprovince,theSouthKoreanmilitaryreportedonFriday.SouthKorea'sJointChiefsofStaffsaidthedrone

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Two Chinese arrested for flying drones over confidential target

Police in a central Chinese city said Wednesday that two men had been arrested for flying a drone that captured images of a confidential target.

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1,000 drones dominate southern China’s night sky in record-breaking display for Lantern Festival

Number of drones used in event to celebrate Lantern Festival in Guangzhou breaks Guinness World Record

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Unmanned combat drone to be exported

CH-5 is twice as big as its predecessors, can stay in the air for 60 hours and go up to 10 km high

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Canada airliner swerves to avoid object near Toronto; two hurt

A Canadian airliner with 54 passengers on board had to swerve to avoid an unmanned flying object near Toronto early on Monday, slightly injuring two cabin crew, in the most serious case of its kind in Canada, officials said.

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Deutsche Telekom to launch drone defense system: report

Germany's Deutsche Telekom plans to launch a drone defense system this year designed to guard airports, stadiums, car test tracks and critical infrastructure, German weekly Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday.

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Sweden bans cameras on drones

The use of camera drones has been made illegal in Sweden unless they are granted a special surveillance permit.

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U.S. drone casualty report incurs wide suspicion, criticism

The United States has recently issued its first report on the civilian casualties of the strikes by the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which, however, has aroused immediate suspicion and strong criticism from home and abroad.

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Campaigners, victims' families in Pakistan reject U. S. figures on drone strike casualties

Campaigners and families who lost their loved ones in controversial American covert drone missions in Pakistan have strongly disputed the claim by the United States its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) only killed 116 civilians in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and Libya between January 2009 and the end of 2015.

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DJI, Silicon Delta darling that dominates drone market, explores new frontiers

​Shenzhen-based Da-Jiang Innovations, faced with competition from rivals such as Parrot and Xiaomi, pushes programming kit that lets drone buyers adapt them for use in areas such as science, agriculture and search and rescue

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U.S. drone strikes destroying families in Pakistan as indiscriminate attacks kill thousands

People have been busy celebrating the annual Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr in Pakistan's southwest city of Taftan except the family of one local taxi driver Muhammad Azam who was killed along with Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor in a U.S. drone strike on May 21 this year in Pakistan.