List of Drones articles
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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.
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drone-crop Afghan Insurgents Use Drones in Fight Against U.S.
Something that’s already happening on the battlefields in Iraq and Syria.
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UNSPECIFIED, UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 07: A U.S. Air Force pilot (L), and a censor operator (R), prepare to launch a MQ-1B Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), from a ground control station at a secret air base in the Persian Gulf region on January 7, 2016. The U.S. military and coalition forces use the base, located in an undisclosed location, to launch drone airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria, as well as transport cargo and troops supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. The Predators at the base are operated and maintained by the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, currently attached to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Can Trump Unravel Obama’s Rules of War?
The codification of the use of legal force against terrorist targets has been a pillar of the Obama administration. Walking a new tough line might not be so easy.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 SitRep: Will Trump Cyber Hawks Hack Back?; Beijing Mocks, Warns, Incoming President
Signals, or Confusion, Over Defense Budget; Aleppo Chaos; And Lots More
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 China Seizes U.S. Navy Drone in In South China Sea
Beijing raises the stakes in a watery showdown.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Innovations: How to Live Like Matt Damon in ‘The Martian’
A super-powered micro-animal, a hacker-proof grid, and more.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 When Trump Takes Control of the Justice Department, Be Afraid
America’s litigious president-elect is about to run the world’s most fearsome legal agency.
