Anti-war protesters demonstrate at British air force based used for Afghanistan drone flights

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By Associated Press,
Apr 27, 2013 04:40 PM EDT

LONDON — Anti-war protesters demonstrated Saturday outside a Royal Air Force base used to control drone flights over Afghanistan.

Until this week, British drones were operated only from a U.S. Air Force base in Nevada.

The Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that a new drone-operating squadron had begun operating from RAF Waddington in eastern England.

The ministry says the Reaper drones are used for “intelligence and surveillance missions,” but also are equipped with missiles and bombs.

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