List of Drones articles
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A US "Predator" drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar on January 1, 2009. France is the fourth-largest contributor to the international military force in Afghanistan with more than 3,000 troops deployed around Kabul and in forward bases in the east of the country. AFP PHOTO/Joel SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump’s New Drone Rules; White House Loosening Counterterrorism Restraints; Wants to Gut U.N., State Funding
Iran’s Underground Weapons Factory; State Fighting Budget Cuts; More Cyber Worries; And Lots More
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drone Trump Could Take Obama’s Drone War Further Into the Shadows
The new president has inherited his predecessor’s drone program but might ditch the rules that kept it in check.
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drone-crop Afghan Insurgents Use Drones in Fight Against U.S.
Something that’s already happening on the battlefields in Iraq and Syria.
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UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 07: A U.S. Air Force pilot (L), and a censor operator (R), prepare to launch a MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016. The U.S. military and coalition forces use the base, located in an undisclosed location, to launch drone airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, as well as transport cargo and troops supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Predators at the base are operated and maintained by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, currently attached to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Can Trump Unravel Obama’s Rules of War?
The codification of the use of legal force against terrorist targets has been a pillar of the Obama administration. Walking a new tough line might not be so easy.
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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 16: U.S. President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the Brady Press Breifing Room at the White House December 16, 2016 in Washington, DC. In what could be the last press conference of his presidency, afterwards Obama will be leaving for his annual family vacation in Hawaii. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) SitRep: Will Trump Cyber Hawks Hack Back?; Beijing Mocks, Warns, Incoming President
Signals, or Confusion, Over Defense Budget; Aleppo Chaos; And Lots More
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us-crop China Seizes U.S. Navy Drone in In South China Sea
Beijing raises the stakes in a watery showdown.
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Water bear (Macrobiotus sapiens) in moss. Color enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a water bear in its active state. Water bears (or tardigrades) are tiny invertebrates that live in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats such as lichen and damp moss. They require water to obtain oxygen by gas exchange. In dry conditions, they can enter a cryptobiotic state of desiccation, known as a tun, to survive. In this state, water bears can survive for up to a decade. This species was found in moss samples from Croatia. It feeds on plant and animal cells. Water bears are found throughout the world, including regions of extreme temperature, such as hot springs, and extreme pressure, such as deep underwater. They can also survive high levels of radiation and the vacuum of space. Magnification: x250 when printed 10cm wide. Innovations: How to Live Like Matt Damon in ‘The Martian’
A super-powered micro-animal, a hacker-proof grid, and more.
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gettyimages-537758878crop When Trump Takes Control of the Justice Department, Be Afraid
America’s litigious president-elect is about to run the world’s most fearsome legal agency.
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AAAbeast Video: Is This The Fabled Beast of Kandahar?
New video shows the secret drone over Nevada
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Yemeni men walk past a mural depicting a US drone and reading " Why did you kill my family" on December 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. A drone strike on a wedding convoy in Yemen killed 17 people, mostly civilians, medical and security sources said, adding grist to mounting criticism of the US drone war. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) One Cheer for Obama’s Executive Order on Drone Strikes
Yes, the White House lowballed its drone casualty numbers. But don’t let that obscure the value of its important policy changes, which will save civilian lives.
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A Yemeni boy walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone and reading "Why did you kill my family?" in the capital Sanaa on Dec. 13, 2013. Do Not Believe the U.S. Government’s Official Numbers on Drone Strike Civilian Casualties
It’s way, way too low.
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Yemenis check the ruins of buildings destroyed in an air-strike by the Saudi-led coalition on February 25, 2016 in the capital Sanaa. / AFP / MOHAMMED HUWAIS (Photo credit should read MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP/Getty Images) White House Drone Release Is Big on Numbers, Short on Detail
The Obama administration finally releases an estimate of how many civilians were killed in its secret drone strikes. But rights groups say the true numbers are vastly higher.
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MT. SINJAR, NOVEMBER 12: A member of a Kurdish special forces regiment watches from a hilltop as US-led coalition airstrike targets a Islamic State position while a large convoy of Kurdish peshmerga forces drives to Sinjar city during a major offensive to expel Islamic State militants. (Alice Martins/For The Washington Post via Getty Images) SitRep: More Airstrikes, More Dead Civilians; Syria Train and Equip Numbers
Fragile States Index; Aussies Allegedly Pushing Around Neighbors; And Lots More
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US President Barack Obama is greeted by Secretary of State John Kerry before he addresses the Chief of Missions conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, on March 14, 2016. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: U.S. Diplos Slam Obama Syria Policy; JSOC and CIA Team Up On Drones
Russian Bombs U.S. Syrian Allies; CIA Chief Says No More Torture; and Lots More
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In this photograph taken on November 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah. A breakaway faction of the Taliban has appointed its own leader in the first formal split in the Afghan militant movement under new head Mullah Mansour, posing a fresh hurdle to potential peace talks. Mullah Rasool was named the leader of the faction in a mass gathering of dissident fighters this week in the remote southwestern province of Farah, according to an AFP reporter who attended the meeting. AFP PHOTO / Javed Tanveer (Photo credit should read JAVED TANVEER/AFP/Getty Images) What Was Mullah Mansour Doing in Iran?
In the wake of the Taliban leader’s death, we’re only now coming to understand just how ties between Tehran and the Taliban are evolving.
