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Kamikaze drones: The growing use of loitering munitions

Jul 20, 2017

Frank Kendall, US Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, & Logistics, speaks at the Norway F-35 rollout celebration at Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, TX, on Tuesday, Sep. 22, 2015. Ceremonies were held at the Lockheed Martin F-35 production facility celebrating the rollout of the first F-35A Lightning II for the Norwegian Armed Forces. AFP PHOTO/LAURA BUCKMAN (Photo credit should read LAURA BUCKMAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari looks on during a press conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier on December 7, 2015 in Baghdad. / AFP / SABAH ARAR

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