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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/01/opinion/bergen-world-of-drones/index.html
Israel Is the World's Largest Exporter of Drones
(CNN) Peter Bergen - 11 years ago, the Pentagon had fewer than 50 drone unmanned aircraft. Now, it has around 7,500. The first U.S. armed drone attack took place in November 2001 and killed the military commander of al-Qaeda, Mohammed Atef, in Afghanistan. Since then, the CIA has used drones hundreds of times to target militants in Pakistan and Yemen. Israel is the world's largest exporter of drones and drone technology, and the state-owned Israeli Aerospace Industries has sold to countries as varied as Nigeria, Russia and Mexico.