Nato loses Libya drone helicopter

Nato said it lost an unmanned helicopter drone over Libya today but denied a state television report that it was a manned Apache…

Nato said it lost an unmanned helicopter drone over Libya today but denied a state television report that it was a manned Apache aircraft.

A Nato statement said the "unmanned autonomous helicopter drone" was on a intelligence surveillance mission over Libya and lost contact with its command centre.

"We are looking into the reasons behind the incident," Nato military spokesman Wing Commander Mike Bracken said in the statement.

There are no further details at present

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