The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) has released two videos showing attacks by British Reaper drones. The two videos, released via youtube, shows a drone missile “neutralising” a ‘Taliban bomb factory’ and another killing someone allegedly planting an improvised explosive device. While the… Read More ›
Archive for November 2010
Drone Crash Database
Over the past couple of months I have regularly ended blog posts by reporting that yet another military drone had crashed. While drones are portrayed by the defence industry and many in the media as the latest ‘invincible’ super-weapon that will make us safe… Read More ›
New “cool” armed drone for US special forces in Afghanistan
US Special Forces in Afghanistan are now operating their own armed drones Defence News has recently reported. Four Grey Eagle UAV’s armed with Hellfire missiles are now with special units in Afghanistan. We reported on the drone, previously known as… Read More ›
Drones: See No Border, Hear No Victims, Speak No Peace
“You expect us to open the skies for anything that you can fly… in which country can you do that?” Unnamed Pakistani Intelligence Official The Washington Post reports today (Nov. 20th) that further pressure is being put on the Pakistani government… Read More ›
Drones: Stressful for some, fatal for others
An Israeli drone launched an assassination strike in Gaza this week killing two people and injuring three more. The two fatalities, killed in their vehicle as it drove along al-Wihda Street in the centre of Gaza City, were named locally as… Read More ›
Death TV: Overwhelmed and bored analysts recommending drone strikes
The Washington Post reported this week that vast amount of video footage from drones are overwhelming analysts. According to Marine Corps General James Cartwright, Vice Chair of the Military Joint Chiefs of Staff, the video is “boring intelligence analysts to… Read More ›
Revealed: details of British drone attacks & plans to purchase more Reapers
Catching up on Hansard, have just noticed that last week Secretary of State for Defence Liam Fox revealed new details about British Drone attacks in Afghanistan in response to written question from SNP MP Angus Robertson: 26 Oct 2010 :… Read More ›
UK and France Plan Joint Work on “essential” Drones
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy jointly signed The Declaration on Defence and Security Co-operation yesterday at the 2010 UK-France Summit. The treaty, dubbed by the tabloids as ‘the entente frugale’, contains two paragraphs on drones: Unmanned Air… Read More ›
