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By Country in 2012 these are the countries that had military drones then

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Drones by country: who has all the UAVs?

The US has used drones in hundreds of attacks in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen - but which countries have UAVs and how many? Over 800 detailed here
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Where are the world's drones? US Predator UAV flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the new face of warfare for the US and many of the world's biggest defence spenders. But where are they based around the world?
Yesterday we published a complete database of reported drone attacks in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, as a senior diplomat criticised their use. But it may be too late. Drones are everywhere.
Data from the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which it has allowed us to re-publish here on the Datablog, identifies 56 different types of UAVs used in 11 different countries. Where it can calculate actual stocks, this covers 807 drones in active service around the world - and this is a huge underestimate: number data is not available for China, Turkey and Russia.

The US is the most open about its drone stocks. The IISS data shows that is has at least 678 drones in service, of 18 different types. Some 14 of them are identified as 'heavy', and includes UAVs such as the MQ-1B Predator, of which it has over 100.

As for the UK, the army has unknown stocks of the Hermes 450 and
Watchkeeper drones, while the RAF has at least 10 MQ-9 Reaper heavy drones.
The full data is below. What can you do with it?

Data summary

UAV stocks by country
COUNTRY SERVICE TYPE WEIGHT NUMBER NOTES
USA Army I-Gnat Heavy 3
USA Army RQ-5A Hunter Heavy 20
USA Army MQ-1C Grey Eagle Heavy 19 Includes Warrior/Sky Warriors
USA Army RQ-7A Shadow Medium 236
USA Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Heavy 5
USA Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk Heavy 4 BAMS Demonstrators
USA Navy RQ-2B Pioneer Medium 35
USA Marines RQ-7B Shadow Medium 32
USA Marine Reserves RQ-7B Shadow Medium 4
USA Air Force MQ-1B Predator Heavy 101
USA Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 73
USA Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk Heavy 23 Including Block 30 to be withdrawn
USA Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel Heavy 1+
USA Air National Guard MQ-1B Predator Heavy 42
USA Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 14
USA Army SOCOM CQ-10 Snowgoose Heavy 28
USA Air Force SOCOM MQ-1B Predator Heavy 29
USA Air Force SOCOM MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 10
France Army Sperwer Medium 20 SDTI
France Air Force Harfang Heavy 3
Germany Army KZO Medium 6
Germany Air Force Heron Heavy 3
Italy Air Force RQ-1B Predator Heavy 5
Turkey Army Falcon 600 Heavy n/k
Turkey Army Firebee Heavy n/k
Turkey Army CL-89 Medium n/k
Turkey Army Gnat Medium n/k
Turkey Air Force Heron Heavy 10
Turkey Air Force Gnat 750 Medium 18
UK Army Hermes 450 Medium n/k
UK Army Watchkeeper Medium n/k
UK Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 5+ To be 10
Russia Army Tu-143 Reys Heavy n/k
Russia Army Tu-243 Reys/Reys D Heavy n/k
Russia Army Tu-300 Korshun Heavy n/k
China Army BZK-005 Heavy n/k
China Army WZ-5 Heavy n/k
China Army ASN-105 Medium n/k
China Army ASN-206 Medium n/k
China Army ASN-104 Medium n/k
China Army WZ-50 n/k n/k
China Army WZ-6 n/k n/k
China Air Force CH-1 Chang Hong Heavy n/k
China Air Force Chang Kong 1 Heavy n/k
China Air Force Firebee Heavy n/k
India Army Nishant Medium 14
India Army Searcher Mk I/II Medium 12
India Navy Heron Heavy 4
India Navy Searcher Mk II Medium 8
India Air Force Searcher Mk II Medium n/k
Iran Army Mohajer IV Medium n/k
Israel Air Force Hermes 450 Medium n/k
Israel Air Force Heron Heavy n/k Shoval
Israel Air Force Heron-TP Heavy 4 Eitan
Israel Air Force RQ-5A Hunter Heavy n/k
Israel Air Force Searcher Mk II Medium 22 22 more in store
SOURCE: IISS
end quote from:
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2012/aug/03/drone-stocks-by-country
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