US drone strikes in Yemen kill 40 Al Qaeda militans

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An "unprecedented" US and Yemeni aerial campaign on the weekend in Yemen has killed more than 40 al-Qaeda militants in a bid to thwart attacks by the network's local affiliate, officials said.

Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been linked to a number of failed terror plots against the United States, and its leader recently appeared in a rare video in which he vowed to attack Western "crusaders" wherever they are.

Nobody is safe: US drone launched from Navy carrier ( Must Read)

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A fight-sized drone was test-launched yesterday from a US aircraft carrier in the Atlantic, paving the way for America to launch unmanned aircraft just about everywhere around the world.
“As our access to overseas ports, forward operating locations and airspace is diminished around the world, the value of the aircraft carrier and the air wing becomes more and more important. So today is history,” said Rear Adm. Ted Branch, commander of Naval Air Forces Atlantic.