Drone Wars

CIA Seeks To Expand Covert Drone Campaign

www.washingtonpost.com | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Yemen, Drone Program, Central Intelligence Agency, Cia, Drone Warfare, Drone Wars, Yemen Drones, World News

The CIA is seeking authority to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen by launching strikes against terrorism suspects even when it does not know t...

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Remotely Piloted War

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: US Drone Missiles, US Drone Attacks, Pakistan Drone Attacks, Drone Wars, Obama Drone, Predator Drones, World News
Tom Engelhardt

Think about it: What does a drone do? Like a modern car factory, it replaces a pilot, a skilled job that takes significant training, with robotics and a degraded version of the same job outsourced elsewhere.

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Army Unveils "Hummingbird" Helicopter Drone

Jocelyn Richard | Posted 12.30.2011

Read More: Drone Wars, Army Drones, Helicopter Drone, a160 Hummingbird, Hummingbird Drone, Boeing a160, a160 Drone, a160 Helicopter Drone, Video, Technology News

Test flights are scheduled for early 2012 for the A160 Hummingbird, a helicopter drone being developed for the U.S. Army that's said to contain revolu...

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"Drone Wars" and Democracy

Todd Brewster | Posted 12.25.2011

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Todd Brewster

If our laws were written when wars were fought between the armies of nations, can we expect them to function in an age when the enemy is an amorphous, stateless, incoherent organization like al Qaeda?

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Dan Froomkin

Drone Wars, Without Any Rules

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan Drones, Unmanned Aircraft, Pakistan Drones, Predator, Drone Wars, CIA Drones, Civilian Deaths Afghanistan, Drone, Unmanned Drones, Politics News

The CIA's extensive use of unmanned drones to kill alleged terrorists in Pakistan and elsewhere is arguably against international law and raises the p...

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