— MARK MAZZETTI President Obama spoke of using "remotely piloted aircraft referred to as drones".
"Using remotely piloted vehicles in the framework of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance is just the first step".
Using remotely controlled submersibles, engineers were making last-minute checks in preparation for closing the valves on the cap.
Pakistan's government has given the Central Intelligence Agency limited authority to kill Arab and other foreign operatives in the tribal areas, using remotely piloted Predator aircraft.
Workers cannot replace the roof until they have removed highly radioactive debris from the upper sections of the building, a job that requires using remotely controlled cranes.
The submission contains a draft resolution calling for independent investigation of strikes where civilians have been killed, and for countries using remotely piloted aircraft for "lethal counter-terrorism operations" to clarify their legal position.
For example, he believes that the C.I.A.'s campaign of airstrikes using remotely controlled Predator aircraft should continue if there is solid evidence about the whereabouts of militant leaders inside Pakistan.
Repair work on that well, where the sea floor was 5,000 feet deep, had to be carried out using remotely controlled submersibles, but the Elgin platform stands in shallower water that is accessible to human divers.
Early work to seal the well using remotely operated submersibles to activate the blowout preventer, a stack of safety devices atop the well that failed in the accident, were unsuccessful, as were initial efforts to contain the leaking oil.
In a speech on April 30, Mr. Brennan kept the intelligence striptease going, acknowledging that "the United States is the first nation to regularly conduct strikes using remotely piloted aircraft in an armed conflict".
Although the recovery of manganese nodules from the seafloor has been too costly to mount an operation, diamonds and other minerals have been successfully extracted from the seafloor using remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) and vertical tunnel cutters.
