List of Drones articles
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Jordan’s Chinese CH-4 drone on display at this year’s SOFEX arms show. (Sharon Weinberger/Foreign Policy) China Has Already Won the Drone Wars
Chinese companies are proving that America is not first in the UAV export market. Can Trump roll that back?
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Saleh al-Samad, the president of the Houthis’ Supreme Political Council, sits behind bulletproof glass at a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, on Aug. 20, 2016. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) How the UAE’s Chinese-Made Drone Is Changing the War in Yemen
An airstrike that killed a senior Houthi leader shows that the Emirates is growing more assertive in its military operations.
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dronestrikechart The Drones are Back
Trump has resumed the bombing campaign in Pakistan, but this time it’s targeting the Taliban.
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Fireworks explode as singer Katy Perry performs during the Super Bowl halftime show at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Feb. 1, 2015. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images) What Would Happen if Terrorists Attacked the Super Bowl With Drones?
Small unmanned aircraft are a threat to high-profile events, but taking them down safely is almost impossible.
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A U.S. Air Force 'Reaper' drone passes a C-130 cargo plane at an airbase in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 7, 2016. (John Moore/Getty Images) America’s Military Is Choking on Old Technology
As its rivals invest in new military hardware, Washington is stuck refurbishing obsolete equipment.
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The USS Nimitz operates in the Arabian Gulf on Oct. 20. (U.S. Navy) SitRep: More U.S. Carriers Arrive in Pacific as North Korea Diplomacy Falls Apart
More on Niger ambush comes to light, Tillerson enlists India in Afghan strategy
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A High Energy Laser Mobile Test (U.S. Army) Army, Defense Companies Making Renewed Push for Laser Weapons
Shooting down drones is touted as a major goal.
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An antifascist banner during the siege of Madrid. (Wikimedia Commons) Edgar (and Whalen) on Strategy (V): When you make the world a free-fire zone
Is bombing our enemies effective?
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An Iranian Shahed 129 drone displayed during celebrations in Tehran marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic revolution on February 11, 2016. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images) Russian Drone Tech May Include Help From Iran
Russia is behind the United States but trying to catch up.
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A commercially available drone similar to ones used against U.S. forces (Bruce Bennett/Getty Images). DARPA Wants Mobile Technologies to Combat Small Drones
The U.S. military needs better tech to fight store-bought drones.
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Yamato1945 Will the USS Gerald Ford be remembered as the doomed Yamato of the carrier era?
What matters most is not how lethal a carrier is, but what threats it can endure.
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INDIAN SPRINGS, NV - NOVEMBER 17: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been reviewed by the U.S. Military prior to transmission.) An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) is prepared for a training mission at Creech Air Force Base on November 17, 2015 in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Pentagon has plans to expand combat air patrols flights by remotely piloted aircraft by as much as 50 percent over the next few years to meet an increased need for surveillance, reconnaissance and lethal airstrikes in more areas around the world. (Photo by Isaac Brekken/Getty Images) -
AAAF15 SitRep: U.S. and Iran Trade Shots in Syria; Qatar Blockade Continues; ISIS Slaughtering Civilians in Mosul
Trump’s $110 Billion Saudi Deal; Hezbollah Operatives Arrested in U.S.
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A US "Predator" drone passes overhead at a forward operating base near Kandahar on January 1, 2009. France is the fourth-largest contributor to the international military force in Afghanistan with more than 3,000 troops deployed around Kabul and in forward bases in the east of the country. AFP PHOTO/Joel SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Trump’s New Drone Rules; White House Loosening Counterterrorism Restraints; Wants to Gut U.N., State Funding
Iran’s Underground Weapons Factory; State Fighting Budget Cuts; More Cyber Worries; And Lots More
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drone Trump Could Take Obama’s Drone War Further Into the Shadows
The new president has inherited his predecessor’s drone program but might ditch the rules that kept it in check.
