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Satellite Images Reveal the Birth of a Drone Base

By Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler and Eric Schmitt April 22, 2018

Dust storms, scorching temperatures and lengthy delivery times have put the Pentagon’s new drone base in the Sahara in Niger more than a year behind schedule and $22 million over its original budget. Here is what images from space revealed about the construction process that started in 2016.

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