U.S. military says drone went down in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. military drone went down in eastern Afghanistan with engine problems on Tuesday but was recovered immediately and was never near the Pakistan border, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.

U.S. Army Capt. Christian Patterson said in a telephone call from Afghanistan that the unmanned aerial vehicle was being operated by U.S. armed forces when it crashed in Paktika province.

"It was recovered immediately after it went down," Patterson said. "It wasn't close to the border."

He gave no details about the vehicle's operation or mission.

News of the problem drone coincided with Pakistani reports that a suspected pilotless U.S. drone crashed in northwestern Pakistan near the border village of Angor Adda, where U.S. commandos launched a raid on September 3.

A U.S. defense official responded to the reports of a downed drone in Pakistan on Tuesday by saying there were no reports of a missing Pentagon drone.
Reuters

OK, so who else has drones. Russians? Chinese? Iran??

The game is a foot.

Have to wait and see what the Paks find, and how much they share