Military quietly accelerates boat strikes, deploying more aircraft.

In an image provided by the U.S. military, a sensor operator takes part in a simulated MQ-9 Reaper drone strike mission in 2024. In the past few weeks, the military has without public notice increased the number of secret fixed-wing attack aircraft and armed MQ-9 Reaper drones operating from bases in El Salvador and Puerto Rico, ramping up attacks against boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, according to a U.S. military official and a person briefed on the strikes. (Senior...

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