Tag Archives: drones

From Syria and Iraq to Libya: Turkey repeatedly demonstrates the combat effectiveness of its drones

Posted on June 8, 2020

by Paul Iddon In recent years, Turkey has demonstrated a hitherto unprecedented capability in both the production and the combat use of its increasingly formidable domestically-built armed drones.  Turkey first used its drones in the conflicts against the Kurdistan Workers’ … Continue reading →

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Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Future Conflicts

Posted on June 19, 2018

by Patrick Truffer. He has been working in the Swiss Armed Forces for more than 15 years, holds a bachelor’s degree in public affairs from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich (ETH Zurich), and a master’s degree in … Continue reading →

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Drones are an evolving threat: The ‘poor man’s’ precision guided munition

Posted on May 7, 2018

by Asiri Fernando. He is currently reading for a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Politics, Security and Counter Terrorism Studies at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. He has completed an internship at the Institute of National Security Studies … Continue reading →

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The planned Franco-German fighter aircraft – a highly risky defence project?

Posted on January 30, 2018

by Björn Müller (Facebook / Twitter; originally published in German). Björn is journalist in Berlin focusing on security policy and geopolitics. It would be Europe’s biggest defence project for the next decades: Germany and France want to collaborate on the … Continue reading →

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Turkey’s expanding domestic drone production

Posted on August 12, 2017

by Paul Iddon. I don’t want to be sarcastic but I would like to thank [the United States government] for any of the projects that was not approved by the US because it forced us to develop our own systems. … Continue reading →

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The Drone Revolution Revisited

Posted on June 28, 2017

by Dan Gettinger and Arthur Holland Michel. Both are co-directors of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. In September 2016, the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College released a 45 page … Continue reading →

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How Iranian-Backed Shia Militias Got US Drones

Posted on June 6, 2017

by Austin Michael Bodetti. He is a student in the Gabelli Presidential Scholars Program at Boston College. He focuses on the relationship between Islam and conflict in Syria and Sudan. Scanning the bullet-scarred rooftops of Iraq’s western desert, Hussam al-Mayahi … Continue reading →

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The ISIS drone threat

Posted on May 10, 2017

by Paul Iddon. In a 1993 televised panel discussion about the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), and potential ballistic missile threats from countries like North Korea and Iran, scholar Russell Seitz briefly touched upon the simple forms in which asymmetrical threats … Continue reading →

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Small, Cheap UAVs are Making the Pentagon Nervous, so DARPA is Stepping in to Help

Posted on November 15, 2016

by Darien Cavanaugh. Cavanaugh is a contributor for War is Boring and Reverb Press. He serves on the Board of Directors for Auntie Bellum. The Video below, supposedly recorded near Aleppo in August 2016 shows what appears to be drones … Continue reading →

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There is a lot going on at the Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti

Posted on September 23, 2016

by Dan Gettinger. He is co-director of the Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College. A drone circles the Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti looking for suspicious activity. Not an aerial drone, but an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) … Continue reading →

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