List of Drones articles
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A Ukrainian operator tests a reusable airstrike drone near Kyiv on Aug. 11, 2023. Operation Spider’s Web and the Future of War
Military expert Mara Karlin on drones, AI, and asymmetrical conflicts.
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Indian Army personnel stand next to explosives, carried by a drone, after it was intercepted by an Indian air defense system on the outskirts of Amritsar, in northwestern India, on May 10. Drones Are Transforming South Asian Warfare
The latest India-Pakistan conflict showed how drones are changing the way countries fight.
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Two men look at the ruins of buildings. U.S. Airstrikes Alone Can’t Dislodge the Houthis
The Yemeni militants are deeply entangled in great-power politics.
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A drone takes flight at a DJI store in Shenzhen, in China's southern Guangdong province, on July 12, 2022. China’s Top Drone Maker Removes Security Features at a Very Weird Time
DJI has ended enforced no-fly zones in U.S. markets.
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Volunteers and Ukrainian military personnel attend a presentation about radio electronic warfare and intelligence systems made by the Ukrainian company Kvertus in Ukraine’s Lviv region on May 28. Ukraine’s Pocket-Sized Answer to Russian Drones
Moscow has the upper hand in electronic warfare. Can grassroots-led efforts help Kyiv catch up?
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A man dressed in military camouflage fatigues holds a controller as he stands in front of a large robotic vehicle on a dirt road. Ukraine Goes All-In on Ground Robots
The goal is to save more human lives.
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A man seen from behind stands on grass with his arms outstretched to the sky. Above his head on a blue sky is a hovering drone. Technology Alone Won’t Break the Stalemate in Ukraine
Kyiv’s Western backers need to grasp that drones are no substitute for a capable fighting force.
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An Israeli soldier prepares an Elbit Systems Skylark I unmanned aerial vehicle for deployment near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on Aug. 21, 2020, as part of a monitoring operation in the area. What the Rise of Drone Warfare Means for Palestinians
Whether armed or not, drones function as a form of psychological terror for those living underneath them.
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Zeynab Serekaniye’s grave Turkey Capitalizes on Afghanistan Distraction to Attack Kurdish Forces in Syria
Turkish airstrikes in Syria have escalated over the last month as the world concentrates on a different crisis.
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A Pakistani soldier stands guard on a post near the Line of Control in Poonch district of Pakistani-administered Kashmir on April 26. Drone Strike Blasts Open a New Front in the Kashmir Dispute
A possible attack from Pakistan represents a new form of escalation.
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Activists burn the U.S. flag during a protest against U.S. drone attacks in Multan, Pakistan on March 14, 2012. Obama’s Brutal Drone Legacy Will Haunt the Biden Administration
In his memoirs, the former U.S. president seems uninterested in a critical appraisal of his drone policies. Considering the human suffering caused by America’s drone wars, Joe Biden should not make the same mistake.
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A Yemeni boy walks past a mural depicting a U.S. drone on Dec. 13, 2013 in the capital Sanaa. Germany Could Have Delivered Justice for Civilian Drone Strike Victims. It Failed.
Missiles remotely fired with the assistance of a U.S. base on German soil killed my family in Yemen, but neither German nor U.S. courts are willing to hold anyone accountable.
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A MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft is parked in an aircraft shelter at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada, on Nov. 17, 2015. Trump Inherited the Drone War but Ditched Accountability
Only a single formal check remains on U.S. killings worldwide.
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A Reaper drone used for missions in Afghanistan is seen in Nevada in 2009. Death by Drone: America’s Vicious Legacy in Afghanistan
As the United States prepares to leave, thousands of killings remain unprobed, and Washington refuses to talk about them.
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A pilot grasps a flight control and weapons firing stick while preparing to launch a U.S. Air Force MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on Jan. 7, 2016. The Killer Algorithms Nobody’s Talking About
Activists fret about armies relying on killer robots, but some forms of artificial intelligence that don’t actually pull the trigger could still be a nightmare
