Where has the US been using drones in attacks - and how many people have died there?

Are drone attacks becoming the face of modern warfare? The Bureau of Investigative Journalism has collected the comprehensive database of reported drone attacks.

It shows hundreds of attacks: up to 337 in Pakistan, largely along the tribal areas of Waziristan, especially in the northern part - something which becomes very obvious in the chart below.

Plus there are another 35-45 recorded in Yemen and up to nine in Somalia.

The data also records the number of deaths, which could be up to 3,247 across the three countries, including up to 852 civilians.

Drone strikes interactive map. Click image to explore it

It comes as the MoD decides to start developing a new generation of armed drones for use in strikes across the world. It has told defence manufacturers it wants their help to develop drones "to provide greater support to maritime operations such as mine countermeasures, anti-submarine warfare and missile defence".

For the first time, the TBIJ have released its full data as a spreadsheet, for you to download via the Datablog. The full data is below. What can you do with it?

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