Drones

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.

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.

Only a single formal check remains on U.S. killings worldwide.

As the United States prepares to leave, thousands of killings remain unprobed, and Washington refuses to talk about them.

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

Economic measures can de-escalate tensions, but not if used crudely.

Successive presidents have tried to shape new terminology for political killings. But they’re still mostly illegal.

The surveillance aircraft on the chopping block is a variant of the type that Iran shot down this summer.

As part of a broad effort to cut dependence on Chinese technology, the Defense Department is hoping to boost domestic production of small UASs.

Contrary to popular belief, drones aren’t further destabilizing global conflicts—they’re creating a way for leaders to de-escalate crises.

Sources say the U.S. Defense Department is stubbornly resisting the new rules.

Google may balk at military contracts, but Hivemapper founder Ariel Seidman believes working with the U.S. Defense Department can help save lives.

The Maduro attack shows that the threat of drones in private hands is all smoke and noise.

Israel’s use of consumer drones against protesters heralds a dangerous, lawless age of conflict.

Chinese companies are proving that America is not first in the UAV export market. Can Trump roll that back?

An airstrike that killed a senior Houthi leader shows that the Emirates is growing more assertive in its military operations.

Trump has resumed the bombing campaign in Pakistan, but this time it’s targeting the Taliban.

Small unmanned aircraft are a threat to high-profile events, but taking them down safely is almost impossible.

As its rivals invest in new military hardware, Washington is stuck refurbishing obsolete equipment.

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