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Drones can live off the land for years

John Robb has the unsettling details about how drones can stay powered for years by jacking electricity from power lines by induction. With robust software, it could stay aloft for years, sending info to the mothership and receiving new commands.

Drones, perhaps futile and criminal, still not campaign issue

When it comes to pilotless drones armed with air-to-ground missiles, the United States acknowledges that its counterterrorism strategy includes using terrorist techniques as part of the “war” on terror. Some of these attacks on civilians are widely understood to be war crimes, but the Obama administration refuses to reveal…