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North Dakota: Training Pilots of Unmanned Aircraft

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The state of North Dakota is trying to position itself to become a leader in all-things-drones. But first order of business in North Dakota: don’t call them drones.

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Hacking into American drone aircraft

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Insurgents in Iraq have hacked into live video feeds from unmanned American drone aircraft, US media reports say. The hacking was possible because the remotely flown planes have an unprotected communications link. Alex Gallafent reports.

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