USAF Predator MQ-1 unmanned aerial vehicles fired their Hellfire missiles at real-time targets last week near Rawah in Iraq, striking enemy IED locations each time.
U.S. Southern Command recently announced its first lethal strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in two months, and the first under a newly formed permanent counter-cartel task force. The U.S. is also reportedly planning to transfer MQ-9 drones to Colombia to bolster its counter-cartel efforts.