Catherine Poe Ask me a question. EASTON, Md., June 12, 2012 — A Navy surveillance drone crashed Monday into the marshes of Bloodsworth Island, just off the coast of the Eastern Shore in Maryland, a summer destination for tourists. No one was reported killed or injured nor was there any significant damage on the ground. The drones (called by the Navy the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrators), which cost nearly $200 million each, are 44 feet long, weigh 10 tons, and have a wing span of 116 feet, allowing them to fly as high as 11 miles and 11,000 miles or more in their search for intelligence information or to take out suspected terrorists. The big question is what was a drone...
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