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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
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.
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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Predator Heavy 101 USA Air Force MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 73 USA Air Force RQ-4B Global Hawk Heavy 23 Including Block 30 to be withdrawn USA Air Force RQ-170 Sentinel Heavy 1+ USA Air National Guard MQ-1B Predator Heavy 42 USA Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper Heavy 14 USA Army SOCOM CQ-10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
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And remember these are the numbers in 2012. It is now 2016. Imagine how many more military drones there must be now.
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