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Tag Archives: drones
Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and Artificial Intelligence in Future Conflicts
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
Drones are an evolving threat: The ‘poor man’s’ precision guided munition
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
Posted in Asiri Fernando, Drones, English, Technology, Terrorism
Tagged drones, IEDs, insurgents, iraq, Islamic State, proliferation, Russia, swarm, Syria, technology, terrorism, UAV, Yemen
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The planned Franco-German fighter aircraft – a highly risky defence project?
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
Posted in Armed Forces, Björn Müller, English, Germany, International, Technology
Tagged Air Force, Bundeswehr, dassault aviation, drones, Eurofighter, Europe, European Security, European Union, F-35, Germany, Lockheed, Military, rafale, US
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Turkey’s expanding domestic drone production
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
Posted in Drones, English, International, Paul Iddon, Turkey
Tagged drones, Turkey, UAV, ucav
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The Drone Revolution Revisited
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
Posted in Dan Gettinger, Drones, English, Technology
Tagged drone, drones, Military, robot, robots
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How Iranian-Backed Shia Militias Got US Drones
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
Posted in Armed Forces, Austin Michael Bodetti, Drones, English, International, Iraq, Technology
Tagged China, drones, F-16, hezbollah, Iran, iraq, Iraqi Air Force, Iraqi Army, Iraqi Security Forces, MQ-9, Reaper, Sudan, terrorism, The Middle East, UAV
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The ISIS drone threat
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
Posted in English, Iraq, Paul Iddon, Syria, Technology, Terrorism
Tagged drone, drones, hezbollah, insurgents, iraq, Iraqi Security Forces, Islamic State, israel, Mosul, Peshmerga, Syria, UAV
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Small, Cheap UAVs are Making the Pentagon Nervous, so DARPA is Stepping in to Help
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
Posted in Darien Cavanaugh, Drones, English, Technology, Terrorism
Tagged darpa, drones, hamas, hezbollah, Iran, Islamic State, israel, lebanon, mohajer, terrorism, UAV, unmanned aerial vehicles
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There is a lot going on at the Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti
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
Posted in Dan Gettinger, Djibouti, Drones, English, Intelligence, International
Tagged Africa, AFRICOM, Air Force, Djibouti, drones, Horn of Africa, Pakistan, Predator, Satellite imagery, Somalia, UAV, USA, Yemen
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How big of a threat are drones to Israel’s security?
In mid-July, an unmanned Russian drone accidentally infiltrated Israeli-controlled airspace on the Golan Heights from Syria and evaded three Israeli attempts to shoot it down. Initially believed to be deployed by the Shiite militia Hezbollah, this lone drone evaded two … Continue reading
Posted in Drones, English, International, Israel
Tagged drones, golan, hezbollah, israel, missile defense, Russia, security, Syria
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