As fighting rages in Ukraine, the US is sending drones to keep an eye on another tense corner of Europe | Business Insider

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As fighting rages in Ukraine, the US is sending drones to keep an eye on another tense corner of Europe.

As fighting rages in Ukraine, the US is sending drones to keep an eye on another tense corner of EuropeAn MQ-9 Reaper on San Clemente Island in California on June 23. 2022. Operating from Larissa air base, the drones will keep an eye NATO's borders in southeastern Europe.

The deployment comes as NATO grapples with the war in Ukraine and with tensions between Turkey and Greece.Late last year, the US deployed MQ-9 Reaper drones to Greece's Larissa Air Base. The deployment came amid Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, which has raised tensions throughout Europe, but the drones also arrived in Greece as that country and Turkey, both of which are NATO allies, wage a war of words over their longstanding territorial and political rivalries.

Their dispute has raised a new challenge for the US and for its NATO allies, as their leaders try to maintain the alliance's support for Ukraine and manage a new period of conflict with Russia.US Air Force airmen do pre-flight checks on an MQ-9 at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in May. For security reasons, the US Air Force did not disclosed how many Reapers were deployed to the base, but local media has reported

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