The recent revelation that the U.S. was using UAVs to spy on Iranian nuclear facilities has sparked "flying object" fever in the Iranian media and provoked an angry reaction from Iranian defense officials.
The Bush administration has been flying surveillance drones over Iran for nearly a year to seek evidence of nuclear weapons programs and detect weaknesses in air defenses, according to three U.S. officials with detailed knowledge of the secret effort.
The United States needs to do more to control the spread of technology capable of being used to develop cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), according to a new U.S. General Accounting Office report.
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The U.S. Navy's Trident submarine fleet is finding a new life as a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine, or SSGN. They could be used for stealthy strike operations, surfacing only to fire Tomahawk cruise missiles or a squadron of Navy SEALs.
The United States has broadened and strengthened its efforts, over the past 15 years, to deal with threats stemming from the proliferation of unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), but "we will need to keep working hard to keep pace with the threat," a key State Department nonproliferation official says.