Why were they being flown in the first place, readers?
U.S. wishes?
"Spy flights ended, Georgia contends
Georgia said yesterday that it had ended spy plane flights over the breakaway republic of Abkhazia as Western nations tried to calm tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow that have raised fears of war. But Georgia's UN ambassador, Irakli Alasania, warned after addressing a Security Council meeting on the crisis that his country reserved its right to resume flights by pilotless drones if it saw a threat from Russian-backed Abkhazia. A Georgian drone was shot down over Abkhazia on April 20 by what a UN report said Monday was a Russian fighter. Moscow has denied involvement (Reuters)."
Also see: The Abkhazia Option
U.S. wishes?
"Spy flights ended, Georgia contends
Georgia said yesterday that it had ended spy plane flights over the breakaway republic of Abkhazia as Western nations tried to calm tensions between Tbilisi and Moscow that have raised fears of war. But Georgia's UN ambassador, Irakli Alasania, warned after addressing a Security Council meeting on the crisis that his country reserved its right to resume flights by pilotless drones if it saw a threat from Russian-backed Abkhazia. A Georgian drone was shot down over Abkhazia on April 20 by what a UN report said Monday was a Russian fighter. Moscow has denied involvement (Reuters)."
Also see: The Abkhazia Option
