What is Drone strike?
{{War}} [[File:Predator and Hellfire.jpg|thumb|A [[General Atomics MQ-1 Predator|Predator drone]] firing a [[AGM-114 Hellfire|Hellfire]] missile]] A '''drone strike''' is an attack by one or more [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle]]s or weaponized commercial [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s (UAV). It usually involves firing a [[missile]] or releasing a bomb at a target.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.defencetalk.com/us-military-deploys-attack-drones-to-south-korea-69478/ |title=US military deploys attack drones to South Korea |date=14 March 2017 |author=Agence France-Presse |author-link=Agence France-Presse |work=Defence Talk |access-date=2 October 2017}}</ref> The drone may be equipped with such weapons as [[guided bomb]]s, [[cluster bomb]]s, [[incendiary device]]s, [[air-to-surface missile]]s, [[air-to-air missile]]s, [[anti-tank guided missile]]s or other types of [[precision-guided munition]]s. Since the post-[[9/11]] era, the [[United States]] have used drone strikes in such countries as [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], [[Syria]], [[Iraq]], [[Somalia]], and [[Yemen]] using air-to-surface missiles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/america-at-war-the-countries-where-the-us-took-or-gave-fire-in-2018-2018-12 |title=America at war: The countries where the US took or gave fire in 2018 |work=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=23 March 2019 |first=John |last=Haltiwanger |date=18 December 2018 |publisher=[[Insider Inc.]]}}</ref> Drones strikes are used for [[targeted killing]]s by several countries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theconversation.com/the-global-targeted-killings-bandwagon-whos-next-after-france-71840 |title=The global targeted killings bandwagon: who's next after France? |work=[[theconversation.com]] |access-date=23 March 2019 |date=8 February 2017}}</ref> Drone strikes are used to in also, but also cause significant civilian casualties and often are directed at dissidents and journalists inconvenient for their users. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeed_Chmagh][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki