For the first time, the United States has confirmed that it is undertaking drone strikes in Pakistan. Many may feel that this has long been an open secret as unnamed officials regularly take to the press about CIA drone strikes. However… Read More ›
Archive for January 2012
Revealed: MoD media briefing on British drone operations
The Ministry of Defence’s ‘Top Level Messages’ briefing for January 2012 contains several items on recent UK drone operation and developments. While there are no new or dramatic revelations it’s an interesting summary of the UK’s current drone activities. The UK Reaper Remotely… Read More ›
The big problem of arming small drones
One of the key concerns about the growing use of unmanned drones by the military is that as there is no risk to your own forces they make launching armed attacks much easier and therefore more likely. A separate but related… Read More ›
Disrupting the Drones: Melbourne Activists Speak Out At The University
Yesterday (24 Jan), the School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at RMIT (Melbourne University) hosted a forum on the development of drones. Military officials and arms companies were invited to speak, while the public were invited to listen. However, rather… Read More ›
'An Unmanned Combat Air Systems Concept of Use' : A case study in drone secrecy
A little over a year ago I discovered someone in the MoD had written a document called ‘An Unmanned Combat Air Systems Concept of Use’. It was mentioned in Defence Reporter, a useful bi-annual bulletin on research being carried out by… Read More ›
More drone strikes looming
Last Thursday President Obama, flanked by an array of senior military officers, stood in front of the media at the Pentagon to announce a new US military plan. The new defence plan is aimed at shaping the US military, as Obama… Read More ›
The 2012 Drone Wars Briefing
Today we are publishing the first, of what we hope will be an annual briefing. The Drone Wars Briefing explores some of the key issues arising from the growing use of armed unmanned drones in a detailed, yet, accessible way. Examining… Read More ›
