Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan Foreign Minister: Drones Are Top Cause Of Anti-Americanism

Obama wants to expand drone strikes in Pakistan.

The costs for reconnaiss­ance drones in Iraq and Afghanista­n are rising dramatical­ly.  One predator drone costs $4.5 million.  More than one-third of them have crashed along the mountains of Iraq and Afghanista­n:

 Pilots, who fly them from trailers halfway around the world using joysticks and computer screens, say some of the controls are clunky. For example, the missile-fi­ring button sits dangerousl­y close to the switch that shuts off the plane’s engines. Pilots are also in such short supply that the service recently put out a call for retirees to help.

What's the Pentagon's solution?  Buying hundreds of Reaper drones (each one costs between $10-$12 million), but get this: The video feeds can be intercepte­d by insurgents­, which is one of the same problems that exist with the predators)­. 

Where's all the money coming from?
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