Over the past few months we have been compiling information about which countries have large drones in military service. We have posted the results of our research here in our new database of large drones in military service. According to… Read More ›
Archive for May 2012
Bath drones conference in the spotlight
Next month the great and the good of the UK drones industry will gather together for a four-day conference in Bath. Organised by Clarion Events and endorsed by the British drone lobby organisation, the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Association, the… Read More ›
Drones: as military use expands, civil use being developed
Just a few days after a senior US counter-terrorism expert warned that US drone strikes were turning Yemen into the “Arabian equivalent of Waziristan”, US drone strikes yesterday aped the tactic of ‘follow up’ strikes used by the US in… Read More ›
Book Review: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin
Paperback Publisher:OR Books (2012) ISBN-10: 1935928813 Reviewed for Peace News May 2012 As if the peace movement hasn’t enough on its plate already, the military-industrial complex goes and invents a new and easier way to wage war: the unmanned drone…. Read More ›
Drone advocates fight back on legality and ethics
Over the past week there has been what looks like the beginning of a concerted effort by advocates of drones to put their case to the public. On Monday, Obama’s chief counter-terrorism adviser, John Brennan gave a widely reported speech… Read More ›