List of Drones articles
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GettyImages-127851591_5-9 Anwar al-Awlaki’s Life After Death
The persistent popularity of the American imam killed by a CIA drone strike in Yemen is a lesson in the difficulty of stamping out radicalism.
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Bamford Drone Final Flat Terrorists Have Drones Now. Thanks, Obama.
86 countries have drones, 19 of them armed. Now ISIS wants them too. Is it too late to stop the unmanned arms race?
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UNSPECIFIED, PERSIAN GULF REGION - JANUARY 07: A U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), (R), returns from a mission to an 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 to transport cargo and 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) Drones Kill More Civilians Than Pilots Do
For years, the Obama administration has claimed that unmanned aircraft limit collateral damage in the war on terror. The numbers show otherwise.
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US President Barack Obama speaks during a press conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on April 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. The White House admitted Thursday that a January US operation against an Al Qaeda compound near the Afghan-Pakistan border killed one American and one Italian hostage, along with an American member of the jihadist group. The White House identified the hostages killed in the operation against the border compound as US contractor Warren Weinstein and Italian aid worker Giovanni Lo Porto. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Family of U.S. Hostage Killed in Botched Strike Blasts the White House
Aid worker Warren Weinstein’s family says the Obama administration is balking at the price tag under a law the president signed to compensate families of American hostages.
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Interspect_UAS_B_3.1 Time to use drones to deliver USBs to get more information into North Korea?
Today, substantial numbers of North Koreans are willing and able to access outside media despite harsh punishments if detected by the authorities.
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INDIAN SPRINGS, NV - NOVEMBER 17: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Pentagon has plans to expand combat air patrols flights by remotely piloted aircraft by as much as 50 percent over the next few years to meet an increased need for surveillance, reconnaissance and lethal airstrikes in more areas around the world. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) Obama’s Most Dangerous Drone Tactic Is Here to Stay
From Yemen to Somalia, the White House has gone back to bombing men it can’t confirm are militants — potentially leaving innocents trapped in the crossfire.
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Smoke billows following reported air strikes by Syrian government forces in a rebel-held area of Daraa in southern Syria, on February 17, 2016. / AFP / MOHAMAD ABD ABAZID (Photo credit should read MOHAMAD ABD ABAZID/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Drones Up, Obama Says They’re Better Than Ever
Pentagon wants more commandos in Syria; defense employees like Hillary and Bernie; Syria fighting rages; the saga of Bob Gates; Japanese ships reaching out; and lots more
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UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 07: A pilot prepares to launch a U.S. Air Force 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 to distribute cargo and transport 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 ) Obama’s Underwhelming Cyber Offensive Against the Islamic State
The Obama administration has dragged its feet on waging cyber war on the Islamic State.
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Somali soldiers and resident stand near wreckage car and buildings on February 27, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. At least 14 people were killed on February 26 as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants. / AFP / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB (Photo credit should read MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB/AFP/Getty Images) 150 Killed in Massive U.S. Airstrike in Somalia
In the biggest airstrike in recent memory, American bombs obliterate al-Shabab training camp
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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) Listen: Podcast with Lionel Gelber Prize-Winning Author Scott Shane
New York Times reporter Scott Shane’s latest book, Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone, won the prestigious Lionel Gelber Prize this week.
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Iranians walk past Iran's Shahed 129 drone displayed during celebrations in Tehran to mark the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2016. Iranians waved "Death to America" banners and took selfies with a ballistic missile as they marked 37 years since the Islamic revolution, weeks after Iran finalised a nuclear deal with world powers. / AFP / ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/Getty Images) Iranian Drones Now Hitting Rebel Targets in Syria
Iranian drone program branching out from border defense to ops in Pakistan and Syria
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<> on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. Obama’s Drone Policy Gets an ‘F’
A leading think tank says the White House has failed to lift the veil of secrecy obscuring key details of its lethal drone program.
