Pleased to see that Brighton-based activist newsletter Schnews has good article on armed drone in their latest issue.
Archive for July 2010
Death from the skies: 100 and still droning on
This weekend saw four CIA drone strikes in Pakistan with a death toll estimated to be around 35. This has brought the number of drone strikes in Pakistan since Nobel Peace Prize winning President Barack Obama came to power to… Read More ›
Drones and the Farnborough ‘airshow’
There has been much drone news over the past ten days, much of it generated by the Farnborough ‘airshow – in truth more of an arms/aerospace fair- so I thought I would do a quick round-up. General Atomics Avenger General Atomics,… Read More ›
BBC research into drone strikes in Pakistan
BBC Urdu has published new research into the undeclared war in Pakistan. They report that since January 2009 nearly 2,500 people have been killed in Pakistan as a result of US drones and Islamic militant attacks. They attribute 746 deaths… Read More ›
BBC research into drone strikes in Pakistan
BBC Urdu has published new research into the undeclared war in Pakistan. They report that since January 2009 nearly 2,500 people have been killed in Pakistan as a result of US drones and Islamic militant attacks. They attribute 746 deaths… Read More ›
Skynet 5: Connecting the Drones
Whilst it is relatively easy to build, launch and fly a drone, controlling them over great distances and then launching missiles and bombs requires a key element that is available to relatively few forces – military satellites. The UK has… Read More ›
Audio: Kathy Kelly and Josh Brollier report on their visit to Pakistan
Kathy Kelly and Josh Brollier are co-coordinators of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. They recently spent some weeks in Pakistan and Afghanistan to observe the impact of drone strikes on civilians. Here they are interviewed by Jerome McDonnell of WBEZ Radio in Chicago… Read More ›
Drone pilot shortage as CIA drone strikes resume
After a two week pause the CIA have resumed drone strikes in Pakistan. According to press reports between seven and fourteen people have been killed in a drone strike on a ‘compound’ near the town of Miranshah in the province… Read More ›
Peace protesters arrested at US drone center face trespass charges
The following is taken from the Las Vegas City Life newspaper Written by Jason Whited: JWHITED@LVCITYLIFE.COM An upcoming trial for activists who illegally entered Creech Air Force Base to protest the government’s use of unmanned aerial vehicles has caught the attention… Read More ›
Taranis: New drone, same old protesters!
Yesterday, as BAE systems unveiled Taranis, their new unmanned combat drone technical demonstrator at their factory in Warton, near Preston we held a small protest vigil at the front gates. According to Defence Minister Gerald Howarth speaking at the event, the combat… Read More ›
British Drones – the Israeli connection
While the UK is developing its own “sovereign” drones at BAE Systems and using Reaper drones bought from the US, there is also a strong Israeli connection as the UK are leasing Israeli drones for use in Afghanistan and also jointly developing a new surveillance drone called… Read More ›
Crash of the Drones
Today’s LA Times has an interesting article about US Predator and Reaper drone crashes compiled from Pentagon accident reports. The article reports that ”thirty-eight Predator and Reaper drones have crashed during combat missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, and nine more during training… Read More ›
