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Germany Dumps Drone Procurement Program

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 05.14.2013 | World

BERLIN -- An official says Germany has canceled plans to purchase and modify U.S.-made Global Hawk surveillance drones for 1 billion euros ($1.3 billi...

Navy Makes History With Unmanned Drone Launch

AP | BROCK VERGAKIS | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH -- A drone the size of a fighter jet took off from the deck of an American aircraft carrier for the first time Tuesday...

Proactive Domestic Security -- Dare I Suggest Drones...

Michael Kay | Posted 04.17.2013 | Crime
Michael Kay

The idea of increased surveillance by UAVs may well be unpopular, but should proactive security surveillance measures harnessing the latest technology not be a viable alternative to the reactive scramble for evidence?

Northern Ireland To Deploy Drones For G8 Summit

AP | Posted 04.11.2013 | World

DUBLIN -- A Northern Ireland police commander says 8,000 officers and three surveillance drones will protect visiting dignitaries and monitor protests...

Embrace The Drone

Scott Vernick | Posted 04.02.2013 | Technology
Scott Vernick

In many ways, the seemingly furious debate over drones is yet another reaction to the pace at which technology washes over us. There is no doubt that drones raise legitimate legal issues, but it's just too easy to let our "privacy reflex" dominate and overwhelm the discussion.

Why Bush's Iraq War & Obama's Drones Policy Have More In Common Than You May Think

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.18.2013 | World
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Ten years after the failed Iraq war, secret legal memos reveal Obama is using the same fear-mongering tactics of 'imminent threats' of evil to justify his drones program as Bush did to justify invading Iraq under his 'pre-emptive' doctrine.

Drones: The New Nuclear Arms Race? (VIDEO)

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.14.2013 | World
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Everyone's got a drone, or so it seems. It wasn't long ago that the U.S. had a monopoly on drones, but that is no longer the case.

The Drone War May be Popular in the U.S. AND Illegal

Daphne Eviatar | Posted 09.26.2012 | World
Daphne Eviatar

Americans see the drone war as essentially cost-free. But the terrorist threat is coming from Muslim countries with growing anti-U.S. sentiment, as recent protests in Pakistan and Yemen demonstrate. It's time for the U.S. to rethink what it's doing in that part of the world.

Are Drones Keeping Us in a Losing Cause Longer?

William Astore | Posted 11.26.2012 | World
William Astore

Are they helping us to win wars, or are they essentially prolonging wars that are ultimately unwinnable? So far, it appears that drones aren't decisive. They're merely instrumental. They're instrumental in keeping us in a losing cause.

Lawmakers Express Concern Over Drone Use In U.S. Skies

AP | JOAN LOWY | Posted 09.18.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Before thousands of civilian drones begin flying in U.S. skies, Congress should take steps to protect the public's privacy and prev...

Andrea Stone

Drone Industry Issues Code Of Conduct

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The group representing the industry that manufactures unmanned drones released its first-ever code of conduct Monday. The Association...

WATCH: New Drone Helicopter Wants To Be Your Personal Trainer

The Huffington Post | Jason Gilbert | Posted 06.07.2012 | Technology

In March, we introduced you to Tacocopter, a drone helicopter that could automatically deliver tacos to wherever you were standing. Meet the opposi...

Andrea Stone

Drone Lobbyists Buzzing Capitol Hill

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 05.28.2012 | Politics

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 | Politics

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 07.14.2012 | Science
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 | Los Angeles

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 | Politics

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 | World
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 | Politics
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 | World
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 | World
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 | World
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 | World
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 | World
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 | Politics
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.