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Los Angeles Times
April 25, 2018
The U.S. military has come to rely on drones for surveillance, reconnaissance and attack. Soon, another job will be added ... Originally envisioned as a surveillance and strike-capable drone, the MQ-25 saw its requirements restructured in 2016 to make refueling the top priority. The change in requirementsÃâà...
Fox5NY
April 24, 2018
NEW YORK (FOX5NY) - The NYPD is worried about terrorists using drones to carry out attacks in New York City. Fox 5 News reports that John Miller, the NYPD's deputy commissioner of intelligence and counterterrorism, said online videos show terror groups using armed drones for attacks overseas.
Newsweek
April 24, 2018
But rather than decapitating the Taliban leadership, the strike only blew up a truck parked outside. Alerted to the danger, Omar and his commanders fled into the night. Despite the outcome, the mission was a watershed moment. Some 16 years later, drone technology has revolutionized the way the U.S.Ãâà...
The New Indian Express
April 23, 2018
TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Iran of sending combat drones to attack Israel after Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif blamed Israel for violating international law. The remark came in the wake of an interview Zarif gave to US' CBS TV news. "I do notÃâà...
New York Times
April 22, 2018
Where American and Nigerien officials see enhanced security in drone operations — for surveillance, strikes or protecting Special Forces patrols — others fear a ... In May 2013, Islamist militants staged coordinated attacks, using suicide car bombs to strike a Nigerien military compound in Agadez and aÃâà...
Popular Science
April 21, 2018
Shi Wen, the chief engineer of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC)'s attack drone family, told the Global Times that China is working on drones capable of flying from aircraft carriers. This program would be China's response to the U.S. Navy's UCLASS program, which proved drones'Ãâà...
The Interpreter
April 20, 2018
Houthi forces in Yemen have also conducted attacks on coastal shipping using remotely controlled IED “drone boats”. The most significant example was an attack on a Saudi frigate on 30 January. The 5 January swarm attack in Syria is the most obvious example of how non-state actors, using drones thatÃâà...
Amnesty International
April 19, 2018
Details of drone strikes are shrouded in secrecy, so you may not be aware that several European states provide crucial assistance to the US drone ... and specific attacks, in part because of the secrecy surrounding that assistance, we do know that there is a very high risk of US drones being used in unlawfulÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
April 17, 2018
An F-35 pilot fired two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles at maneuvering drones in the air, brining synchronized attack to a new level for the aircraft, using an integrated targeting sensor, called the Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS). “Two AMRAAMs had multiple targets - to shoot twoÃâà...
C4ISRNet
April 17, 2018
The Obama administration's so-called “drone playbook,” which provided a policy framework for how to employ lethal force – be it ground raids or drone strikes – in nations where the United States was not engaged in combat, could help provide a template for how Cyber Command's capabilities could beÃâà...
Drone DJ
April 17, 2018
According to a report from UK Airprox Board, the country's air safety agency, the Airbus 319 carrying 160 passengers almost hit a drone after taking off from Heathrow ... For instance, according to an article on CNET, airline captain Chris Manno, says that drones are no more dangerous than bird strikes.
CNBC
April 17, 2018
Iran has issued a threat against Israel following last weekend's attack on an Iranian drone base in Syria. "Tel Aviv will be punished for its aggressive action," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghassemi told local press Monday. "The occupying Zionist regime will, sooner or later, receive anÃâà...
The National
April 15, 2018
A major attack targeted Riyadh international airport on November 4, and another strike on December 19 targeted Riyadh's Yamamah palace, the official residence of the king. After entering the war at the request of President Abdrabu Mansur Hadi on March 26, 2015, a Saudi-led coalition – which includesÃâà...
New York Times
April 14, 2018
This week, there was another missile strike on the same air base which Russia, Iran and Syria attributed to Israel. Several Iranian military advisers were killed in that attack, including a colonel who served as a senior officer in Iran's drone program, according to Iranian news reports, and Iran has threatenedÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 14, 2018
An unmanned Iranian aircraft shot down in February in Israeli airspace was armed with explosives and on a mission to attack the Jewish state, Israel's military ... Israel has not confirmed or denied carrying out the strike on the Syrian base, but Israel's military said the drone it downed in February was sightedÃâà...
BBC News
April 14, 2018
Israel said its "combat helicopters prevented the attack Iran had hoped to carry out in Israeli territory". The drone was launched from an airbase in Syria, against which Israel later carried out air strikes. Israel lost one of its F-16 planes in the counter-offensive - a rare loss for the Israeli air force, though bothÃâà...
Business Insider
April 13, 2018
The US Army is developing drones that can spot and target vehicles and people with almost no human involvement. This artificial intelligence (AI) advancement is ... Intelligence specialists and other military personnel regularly analyze graphic footage from drone strikes. Research shows that it is possible toÃâà...
Los Angeles Times
April 13, 2018
A small fleet of drones began to buzz overhead Thursday monitoring traffic and perimeters for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. ... In the desert hamlet, the horror of the Las Vegas attack still remains as it came on the hills of concert attacks by terrorists in Manchester, England, and Paris.
Haaretz
April 13, 2018
Following the infiltration by the drone, Israel launched an airstrike on Syria, targeting the unmanned plane's command center and anti-aircraft batteries. During the attack an Israeli F-16 was downed over Israel by a Syrian anti-aircraft missile. "The interception of the Iranian drone by attack helicoptersÃâà...
Middle East Eye
April 11, 2018
Yemen's Houthi movement said on Wednesday it had launched a drone strike on a facility owned by oil giant Saudi Aramco in southern Saudi Arabia - though ... "air force announced the execution of air strikes with the Qasef-1 aircraft on Aramco in Jazan," referring to a drone the Houthis unveiled last year.
NBC 7 San Diego
April 11, 2018
Officials at intelligence agencies, the Pentagon, Congress, and the White House told NBC News in September 2017 that the Trump administration had desires to expand the CIA's authority to conduct drone strikes in countries the United States was both at war with and ones they are not. And CIA directorÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 10, 2018
The Russians began jamming some smaller U.S. drones several weeks ago, the officials said, after a series of suspected chemical weapons attacks on ... Jamming, which means blocking or scrambling a drone's reception of a signal from a GPS satellite, can be uncomplicated, according to Dr. ToddÃâà...
The Independent
April 6, 2018
President Donald Trump's pronouncement that he would be pulling troops out of Syria “very soon” has laid bare a major source of tension between the president and his generals. Mr Trump has made winning on the battlefields of Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan a central tenet of his foreign policy and tough guyÃâà...
Express.co.uk
April 4, 2018
“Imagine watching an athletics event and then some person decides to fly a drone above the athletes!” Their company has been working with Queensland police for 12 months to teach officers how to operate the guns. Similar equipment was used to protect runners competing in the Boston marathon lastÃâà...
Asia Times
April 4, 2018
The drones – or unmanned aerial vehicles – are tailor-made to ascend and land vertically on destroyers and even aircraft carriers. Joint operations of manned military aircraft such as fighter jets and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the way of the future, Shi Wen, chief engineer and designer of China'sÃâà...
Just Security
April 3, 2018
It is now sixteen years after the first U.S. drone strike in Yemen, and we are still working on documenting new attacks and researching their effect on civilians. With Trump's ... At the time, the attack was one of the deadliest strikes ever, killing 12 civilians, including three children and a pregnant woman.
Middle East Eye
April 3, 2018
... said he believed the drone attack could encourage similar attacks - and not only by the US. "It would be interesting to see - as countries across the Middle East are acquiring long-range drones – whether there will be an increased use of them on Libya by these countries." Bronk said the UAE, for example,Ãâà...
UNIAN
April 2, 2018
The Ukrainian side informed that the so-called leaders of the Russian occupation administrations had violated the Easter truce for the third consecutive day, actively using small arms to fire at Ukrainian army positions and OSCE SMM's drones. In particular, one OSCE SMM drone was downed near the townÃâà...
Bay View Compass
April 1, 2018
Airborne Drones To Attack Bay View's Car Vandalism Epidemic ... When a drone's sensor locks into one (or more) of the audio cues, software kicks in, directing the drone to swoop down and grab the perpetrator with talon-like mechanisms that can grasp and transport a load weighing up to 200 pounds.
The Sun
April 1, 2018
One of which is believed to show extremists returning from Syria and Iraq to build weaponised drones in Russia, according to the Daily Star Sunday. Another picture apparently shows a drone carrying what appears to be anti-tank rockets, and the caption states that they are some of the types of bombs beingÃâà...
The Philadelphia Tribune
March 31, 2018
A U.S. military drone strike over the weekend in southern Libya killed a top recruiter and logistics specialist for al-Qaida's branch in northwest Africa, the Pentagon said Wednesday, and a senior military official warned of more attacks on extremists there. The military's Africa Command said in a statement thatÃâà...
6abc.com
March 29, 2018
"Al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups, such as ISIS, have taken advantage of under-governed spaces in Libya to establish sanctuaries for plotting, inspiring, and directing terror attacks; recruiting and facilitating the movement of foreign terrorist fighters, and raising and moving funds to support their operationsÃâà...
Xinhua
March 29, 2018
ADEN, Yemen, March 29 (Xinhua) -- At least three militants loyal to the Yemen-based al-Qaida branch were killed by a U.S. drone attack in Yemen's ... The al-Qaida network, mostly operating in eastern and southern provinces, has been responsible for many high-profile attacks against security forces in theÃâà...
New York Times
March 29, 2018
An American military drone strike over the weekend in southern Libya killed a top recruiter and logistics specialist for Al Qaeda's branch in northwest Africa, the Pentagon said on Wednesday, and a senior military official warned of more attacks on extremists there. The military's Africa Command said in aÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 29, 2018
Three civilians were killed Thursday -- and two others were injured -- in a drone strike carried out in Yemen's central Al-Bayda province, according to a local ... In recent months, Al-Bayda's Al-Sawmaah directorate has seen a number of similar drone strikes ostensibly targeting members of the Al-QaedaÃâà...
Daily Nebraskan
March 28, 2018
The chapter began planning the event, entitled “Fly Kites, Not Drones,” at the beginning of the semester after researching more about the usage of armed drones. Black said Amnesty International was informed that many civilians have died from U.S. armed drone strikes, but neither the military nor theÃâà...
World Socialist Web Site
March 28, 2018
Over the weekend, US Africa Command (AFRICOM) conducted its first ever drone strike against Al-Qaeda militants in the southern Libya, killing two militants in the southern village of Ubari. The attack marks a new stage in the expansion of the American military offensive in Libya and northern Africa sinceÃâà...
Just Security
March 27, 2018
Eyewitnesses to the incident believe the attack came from a U.S drone. Two of those believed to have been killed in the strike were members of the same family, leaving a three-month-old without a father and a brother. Robleh* a clan elder from Ilimeey, and a witness to the strike, recalled the painful detailsÃâà...
The Intercept
March 27, 2018
A 13-Year-Old Boy and Other Yemeni Civilians Were Killed in U.S. Drone Strikes This Month ... The strike that killed Amer was the first of three attacks near al-Hudhi in the span of a week. ... The bureau estimates that American drone strikes have killed between 166 and 210 Yemeni civilians since 2002.
USNI News
March 26, 2018
“I've never had to deal with IEDs that can attack me…from quadcopters,” said Brewster, commander of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines. Three drones flitted overhead at the Range 131 Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) facility here, and an “enemy” drone – a bat-wing-shaped UASÃâà...
New York Times
March 26, 2018
BENGHAZI, Libya — The United States military carried out its first ever drone strike against Qaeda militants in southern Libya this weekend, signaling a ... But the attack on Saturday that the military's Africa Command said had killed two militants — later identified by a spokeswoman as belonging to AlÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 26, 2018
It was the first drone strike of Trump's presidency and the first after a 10-month lull. Since then, there have been 11 more drone strikes in Pakistan, targeting Haqqani, Afghan Taliban, and Pakistani Taliban militants, according to news reports and counterterrorism experts. Those strikes, while seeminglyÃâà...
Robohub
March 21, 2018
Multiple autonomous drones dropping 600 litres of water every minute during the night while other unmanned vehicles refill to repeat the attack on a raging fire is the vision of Spanish company Drone Hopper. Despite this torrential approach, 'we are not meant to be competitors with the airplanes andÃâà...
SanJuanIslander.com
March 21, 2018
SEATTLE – A Coast Guard aircrew was 300 feet in the air conducting training when they had a near-miss collision with a recreational drone in the vicinity of Fairchild ... Drone operators must provide advanced notification to airports or airport traffic control to fly drones within five miles of an airport. OperatorsÃâà...
Breaking Defense
March 21, 2018
It's getting so anyone can buy a drone for $1,000 or less, fiddle with it a bit and turn it into a reconnaissance and strike platform. It can't drop 1,000 pound bombs but it can track you, kill a few people and keep on going. A swarm of such drones was recently used to attack Russia's largest base in Syria.
Crime Report
March 20, 2018
The uncontrolled market in toy or hobbyist drones makes their future use in a domestic terrorist attack “likely,” says a researcher and lecturer on drone ... some terrorism experts could be guilty of “threat inflation,” there is no denying that when it comes to dealing with drones that could be used in attacks, “weÃâà...
USNI News
March 19, 2018
U.S. Evolving Middle East Operations of Carrier Strike Group as ISIS Loses Ground, Iranian Drones Make Daily Appearances ... but once in country, “it's less of going out and doing preplanned strikes; it's doing on-call [close-air support] and doing more defending the U.S. and coalition forces on the groundÃâà...
The Nation
March 17, 2018
Islamabad - Mehmood Khan Achakzai yesterday took exception to the absence of ministers and members from the National Assembly. The chief of government coalition partner Pashtunkhwa Milli Awami Party said that even those present in the house were busy in gossips. He said that a drone attack wasÃâà...
Horizon magazine
March 14, 2018
Past examples of rare but toxic materials at crime scenes include the 2001 anthrax letter attacks in the US and the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in 1995. Following the ... The ROCSAFE aerial drone could assess crime or disaster scenes such as that of a derailed train carrying radioactive material.
The Drive
March 14, 2018
And as we have long suspected, Boeing's MQ-25 design originally began development back in 2012 for the Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) program that was later withered down into a tanker drone with some ancillary surveillance potential. In fact, the airframeÃâà...
