Judge: Obama’s Drone Strikes Are “War Crime”
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Tag: drones
The US Navy is Preparing To Launch Swarm Bots Out of Cannons
‘The U.S. Navy will launch up to 30 synchronized drones within one minute, possibly from a single cannon-like device, in what marks a significant advance in robot autonomy. The drones, when airborne, will then unfold […]
India to Use Weaponized Drones For Crowd Control
‘The evolution of “non-lethal” weapons has been disturbing enough (and actually lethal in many cases), but speculation that this developing arsenal would be attached to drones has generally been met with accusations of fear-mongering. However, […]
Pentagon Testing Drones That Can Launch from Ocean Floor
‘The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is testing a drone that can hibernate on the ocean floor for years at a time before being launched to the surface and into the air at the […]
Yemen: American Weapons Once More ‘Landed Up in the Wrong Hands’. Mistakenly in the Hands of Al Qaeda
‘Oops! There goes another half billion dollars’ worth of war material lost to another enemy. This time in Yemen where until a few weeks ago President Obama could readily tout Yemen as the one foreign […]
Yemen: American Weapons Once More ‘Landed Up in the Wrong Hands’. Mistakenly in the Hands of Al Qaeda
‘Oops! There goes another half billion dollars’ worth of war material lost to another enemy. This time in Yemen where until a few weeks ago President Obama could readily tout Yemen as the one foreign […]
Banned: FAA Says It Is Illegal To Post Drone Videos on Youtube… But Drone Striking American Citizens Is Authorized
You could soon be receiving a legal notice from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Banned: FAA Says It Is Illegal To Post Drone Videos on Youtube… But Drone Striking American Citizens Is Authorized
You could soon be receiving a legal notice from the Federal Aviation Administration.
US to increase military aid to Ukraine including Humvees and drones
‘The US announced it was stepping up non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday with a $75m (£50m) package that includes armoured Humvees and surveillance drones. The moves come as US and Nato officials report […]
Mini Exploding ‘Bee’ Drones Developed to Support Army
‘Micro Air Vehicles have long been researched by the military for use in both surveillance and lethal targeting missions. An Air Force video released in early 2013 offered a vision of insect-sized drone swarms that […]
Drones could be used to seek out arteries to prevent heart attacks
‘Scientists have carried out trials using microscopic drones that could be used to seek and repair damaged arteries, preventing heart attacks and strokes. Researchers have completed the first successful tests of nanoparticles – which are […]
Will Google’s New Robot Be Used to Hunt “Non-Cooperative” Humans?
Smaller version of Big Dog fulfils 2008 Pentagon request.
Case dropped against protesters who cost Elbit drone parts factory $280,000
‘Criminal charges against against nine Palestine solidarity activists who shut down a UK drone engines factory for two days last summer were dropped at the end of January. The case had been due to go […]