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Traveling from Nevada to North Waziristan, drones are anything but unmanned.

A look at some (just some) of GlobalPost's best work of 2011.

Unmanned drone reportedly crossed into Iranian airspace from Afghanistan.

A crew chief completes a post flight inspection of a Predator drone on Sept. 15, 2004 at Balad Air Base, Iraq.

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