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Andrea Stone

Drone Lobbyists Buzzing Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.28.2012

WASHINGTON -- It may be years before unmanned aircraft are common in the sky, but lobbyists for the industry that develops and manufactures the drones...

Andrea Stone

DHS Seeks To 'Accelerate' Use Of Drones By Police

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Homeland Security has launched a program to "facilitate and accelerate the adoption" of small, unmanned drones by poli...

Virtual Exploration, Virtually Everywhere

Jim Bell | Posted 05.14.2012

Jim Bell

What surprised me in the symposium, however, is how much telerobotics and telepresence is being used today, right here on our own planet, enabling people to survey, explore, mine, and even kill from great distances.

WATCH: This 15-Year-Old Will Make You Feel Unaccomplished

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.01.2012

Be forewarned that this 15-year-old will make you feel unaccomlished and unimpressive. Christian Stewart, a freshman at Harvard-Westlake school in...

Andrea Stone

John Brennan: Drones Strikes Are 'Ethical And Just' [UPDATE]

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 04.30.2012

WASHINGTON -- Saying that President Barack Obama "has instructed us to be more open with the American people" in the use of drones to kill suspected t...

Never Underestimate Israeli Ingenuity

Joshua Gleis | Posted 05.01.2012

Joshua Gleis

As the battle of both words and deeds heats up between Iran and the west, some experts have begun to question whether Israel even truly has the capabi...

The Drone-ification of America

John W. Whitehead | Posted 06.22.2011

John W. Whitehead

The U.S. has a history of commandeering military technology for use against Americans. Now the drones, remote-controlled aircrafts that have been used extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan, are coming home to domestic airspace.

Does the Mossad have Spy Vultures?

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

Early this week, a vulture flew across the Israeli border into Saudi Arabia, where it was captured on suspicion of espionage.

How Iran's "Ambassador of Death" Compares to Other Drones

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

There are several other countries with drone systems comparable or superior to Iran's, notably France, Italy, and South Africa. With labels like "The Ambassador of Death", however, Iran's does have the scariest name.

New Iranian Nuclear Deterrent: Israeli Drone the Size of a 737

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

Less than two weeks after Iran announced its highly enriched uranium plans, the Israeli Air Force staged a ceremony in honor of the "operational acceptance" of new Heron TP drone. It may be the last thing Iran wants hanging over its head.

Drone Porn: The Newest YouTube Hit

Keith Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Keith Thomson

Ranging from relatively detached wide shots of bombings taken by onboard cameras to startlingly graphic close-ups, "drone porn" has become a smash hit, tallying over 10 million views.

US Drone Strikes and Civilian Casualties in Pakistan: "It's Not Moral"

Carne Ross | Posted 05.25.2011

Carne Ross

There are no journalists in Waziristan or the other areas of western Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, so there are therefore no authoritative reports from the ground on the effects of these strikes.

Terminator Planet

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

Tom Engelhardt

As you watch the Terminator movie, actual unmanned aerial vehicles armed with Hellfire missiles will be patrolling our expanding global battlefields, hunting down human beings.