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 ›
Tag Archive for ‘US Drones’
New figures reveal almost 1,500 US/UK drone strikes in Afghanistan since 2009
New information about the number of US drone strikes in Afghanistan has been revealed by DangerRoom, the national security blog at Wired.com. According to official US figures supplied to the website there have been a total of 1,160 US drone… Read More ›
Drone Protests Grow
Public opposition to the growing use of unmanned drones is being made much more visible this week in protests taking place around the world. The most high-profile event is taking place in Pakistan as Imran Khan leads thousands on a march… Read More ›
More on legal action over US drone strikes
On both sides of the Atlantic, legal challenges related to US drone use are about to hit the courts. Tomorrow the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will take the CIA to court for refusing to comply with a Freedom of… Read More ›
A Century of Drone Crashes
This week the USAF released an accident investigation report into the crash of a US Predator drone in Afghanistan in April 2012. This crash brings the number of drone crashes in our updated database to 100 (see full database here)… Read More ›
British parliamentarians condemn US drone strikes as its revealed that RAF pilots controlled US drones over Libya
On the day that 12 British parliamentarians wrote a joint letter to The Times calling on President Obama to stop drone strikes in Pakistan, it has been revealed that RAF pilots flew US drones during the Libyan conflict last year…. Read More ›
CodePink's Drone Summit
Over the weekend Codepink, CCR and Reprieve hosted an international summit on drone warfare in Washington DC. Unfortunately we were not able to attend but did take part ‘virtually’ via twitter and livestream feed. Lots of videos and more from the… Read More ›
More drone strikes looming
Last Thursday President Obama, flanked by an array of senior military officers, stood in front of the media at the Pentagon to announce a new US military plan. The new defence plan is aimed at shaping the US military, as Obama… Read More ›
