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• First British drone strike carried out from UK RAF Waddington

  By Chris Cole on 01/05/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Less than a week ago, the UK MoD announced that British Reaper drones over Afghanistan are now being controlled directly from the UK. This morning  a number of British defence journalists are reporting that the first British drone strike from UK… Read More ›

• Photo essay: Ground the Drones demo

  By Chris Cole on 28/04/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  “Every Afghan has a name, war is not a video game!” Six hundred people came from all around the country to take part in a large demonstration against drones at RAF Waddington, the new home of the UK drone warfare.   … Read More ›

• BREAKING NEWS: UK MoD confirms British Reaper drones in Afghanistan being controlled from RAF Waddington

  By Chris Cole on 25/04/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The UK MoD has today confirmed that British drones over Afghanistan are now being controlled from the UK. For the first time UK forces can remotely control armed drones over Afghanistan while sitting in air conditioned trailers at RAF Waddington… Read More ›

• As strikes continue opposition grows and broadens

  By Chris Cole on 21/04/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  US drones struck in Yemen and Pakistan this past week after something of a pause.  On Weds (17 April) US drones hit a house in North Waziristan killing five people including an alleged commander of the Pakistan Taliban,  On the… Read More ›

• Why we need you to join us at Ground the Drones demo

  By Chris Cole on 15/04/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Over the past three years Drone Wars UK  has tried to highlight why the growing use of armed drones and the concept of remote, so-called ‘risk-free’ warfare, is a perilous military escalation which endangers global peace and security.   In the… Read More ›

• Flawed questions undermine new UK drone poll data

  By Chris Cole on 26/03/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Today the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) and the University of Surrey’s Centre for International Intervention (cii) have published Hitting the Target? How New Capabilities are Shaping International Intervention.  The report examines the technological, ethical and legal issues of unmanned warfare;… Read More ›

• Drones news round-up

  By Chris Cole on 18/03/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  It wasn’t that long ago that an article about the use of drones in the mainstream press was a rare occurrence.  Now so  much is happening that it is difficult to keep up with all the news about drones.  Over the… Read More ›

• Turning the spotlight on British drone secrets

  By Chris Cole on 08/03/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  The lack of transparency surrounding the US use of drones has come under the spotlight over the past few weeks during the hearings to confirm John Brennan as head of the CIA.  US politicians, journalists and campaigners have rightly criticised… Read More ›

• If you think like Paddy Ashdown on drones, then think again

  By Chris Cole on 14/02/2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Paddy Ashdown – or Baron Ashdown of Norton-sub-Hamdon – to give him his proper title, former Royal Marine, intelligence service officer and leader of the Liberal Democrats has an opinion piece in the Times entitled ‘If you’re opposed to drones, then  think… Read More ›

• HRW: Israeli drone strikes killed Palestinian civilians and violated laws of war

  By Chris Cole on 13/02/2013 • ( 0 )

  

  Yesterday Human Rights Watch (HRW) released important information detailing 18 separate airstrikes by drones and other aircraft during ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’ in November 2012  which appeared to violate the laws of war.  At least 43 civilians including 12 children… Read More ›

• Drones Over Africa: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow

  By Chris Cole on 01/02/2013 • ( 1 )

  

  This week the New York Times reported that the US is planning to establish a new base for its drones in north-west Africa.  While the base is to be used initially to fly unarmed surveillance drones, according to the article the… Read More ›

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