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Britain secretly using US intelligence gathering pods on drone operations
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BRITAIN’S armed drones have secretly been equipped with a US intelligence-gathering capability called called Outdragon, Drone Wars UK revealed today.

The NGO discovered that MQ-9 Reaper drone missions have been outfitted with US signal intelligence (Sigint) pods since 2019. 

Sigint has been used on US Reaper and Predator drones to geolocate, track and kill individuals via signals from mobile phones, wireless routers and other devices.

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