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Leading up to this protest there was discussion among organizers about the nature of drone operations here at Whiteman Air Force Base. Is this a training facility, or are Reaper drones engaged in lethal activities, are actual murders committed from this place, in real time in places far away by remote control? While the details of drone operations are shrouded in secrecy, broken only by courageous whistleblowers, the Air Force exposes enough of itself for us to know that crimes with global consequences are being committed in this very place.

When a company the likes of General Atomics comes out and states something is bad for our security, I listen. They are world renowned for their work with our defense community.

OVER the years, it has been repeated on many sites online and on social media that a nuclear reactor is operational in Bangi, Selangor and that it is used purely for research purposes. Is this true?

The U.S. Air Force is increasingly interested in joint operations between fighter jets and unmanned drones.

The US Air Force hopes to develop and field autonomous combat drones that would augment piloted fighters “in the mid to late 2020s,” Andrew Hunter, the Air Force’s top acquisition official, said in August.