By Defense Systems Staff
Saturday, February 04, 2012
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An unmanned surveillance aircraft crashed Feb. 3 into a refugee camp in the Somali capital, reports the Associated Press.Refugees and soldiers in Mogadishu's Badbado camp say they watched the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), said to be the size of a small airplane, crash into one of the camp's huts, the article said.
The United States has been using UAVs to attack or observe militants linked to al-Qaida in the Horn of Africa nation, the story noted.
Source: Defense Systems Staff