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Army's new £1 billion driverless spy drones crash if it's windy, admit MoD
£1 billion spy drones can’t fly when it’s too windy and have problems with their altitude sensors, which have triggered a spate of crashes.Six have been damaged at a whopping cost of £30million, with drones expert Chris Cole saying: “The Army’s Watch-keeper programme has been a disaster from start to finish.”He added that “the whole thing has been quietly swept under the carpet, meaning, no doubt, similar mistakes will be made again”.It comes after the Ministry of Defence spent an eye-watering £5.5 billion on Ajax tanks which troops cannot use because they deafen them.The Watchkeeper drones, which cost £5 million each, were supposed to provide the MoD with a “spy-in-the-sky”.But the budget has spiralled, while their operational date was