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A tank reportedly destroyed by a drone strike along the A2 road outside the city of Haik, which Tigray rebels had controlled before the Ethiopian government pushed them out.
A tank reportedly destroyed by a drone strike along the A2 road outside the city of Haik, which Tigray rebels had controlled before the Ethiopian government pushed them out.

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  • Iranian drones recently supplied to Sudan are making an impact in its brutal civil war.
  • Ethiopia's government prevailed against Tigray rebels in 2021 thanks in large part to drones.
  • Drones are proliferating, and so are the harm they cause to civilians, an expert warns.

Drones are turning the tide in Africa's wars in another sign of their effectiveness on the cheap and the proliferating dangers that come with them.

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Military & Defense, drone, tigray-war, ethiopia, Libya, Sudan, Bayraktar, mildef-freelance
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Drones have turned the tables in recent African wars