Some of the commercially most successful drone manufacturers, hit by the double-whammy of general defence cutbacks and the ending of Operation Enduring Freedom, are recognising that hard times lie ahead. The running down and subsequent withdrawal from Afghanistan of the Nato Isaf (International Security Assistance Force), having attempted to bring peace and stability (and an absence of international terrorists) to that virtually ungovernable land, will mark the ending of an era in many respects.
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