A U.S. airman guides a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone as it taxis to the runway at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith/Files
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan/CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada (Reuters) - When U.S. drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.
But 15 years after a drone first fired missiles in combat, the U.S. military's drone programme has expanded far beyond specific strikes to become an everyday part of the war machine.
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