Eyes in the Sky: 10 Things You Need to Know About Drones

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9. First Drones had a Clear Target

The drone program was started in 1998 during the Bill Clinton administration, after the President refused to take out Osama Bin Laden with a cruise missile. Drones would come to solve the issue of civilian casualties, which at that point were deemed too high to carry out the attack.
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