Drone News Archive
- Drone News and Analysis(#) [ See 2012-Q2, 2012-Q1 ]
- December, 2011
- International Middle East Media Center, 12/31: Activists campaign against sale of Israeli drones to France
- Marine Corps Times, 12/30: UAV Delivers Cargo in First Warzone Run
- # Antiwar.com 12/30: White House Rejects Calls for Oversight on Drone Killings
- The Atlantic, 12/30: Unaccountable Killing Machines: The True Cost of U.S. Drones
- The Nation (Pakistan), 12/30: US looking for new drone bases after Pakistan’s refusal
- CNN Security Clearance 12/30: Raining Drones?
- McClatchy, 12/29: Contractors' role grows in drone missions, worrying some in the military
- The Connecticut Post, 12/29: Captured drone may benefit U.S.
[Now these people think the Iranian Drone is a Trojan Horse. Hmmmm.] - Press TV, 12/27: US Spy Drone Crashes in Afghanistan
- Al Jazeera, Faultlines, 12/27: Robotic Warfare
[Terrifying glimpse into a future like the one that gave birth to the Terminator.] - Washington Post, 12/27: Under Obama, an emerging global apparatus for drone killing
- Global Reasearch, 12/25: New York to Host Israel's Top Drone Lab
[Joining forces with Israel, or bringing the money back home?] - Yahoo! News, 12/24: Sea Shepherd says drones find, photograph Japan's whaling fleet
- Reuters India, 12/24: Future drone pilots may fly four warplanes at once
[They'll have free coffee and coca leaves in the break room.] - The Diplomat, 12/24: How Downed U.S. Drone Helps China
- DefenseTech, 12/2011: Navy to Launch A Drone From A Submarine
- Alternet 12/24: OWS Fights Back Against Police Surveillance by Launching "Occucopter" Citizen Drone
[And Ho Ho Ho to you too. Looks like Santa has brought our own little Drone.] - Washington Post, 12/23: Rise of the drone: From Calif. garage to multibillion-dollar defense industry
[Merry Christmas Folks it's Apple and Microsoft and the American Dream Reborn!] - International Herald Tribune, 12/22: Drone attack orphaned whole village, says Waziristan resident
- # Tom Dispatch, 12/20: The Life and Death of American Drones / The Little Drone that Fell from the Sky
- Reuters Africa, 12/18: Overstretched U.S. drone pilots face stress risk
- The Nation (Pakistan), December 17: Covert drone war
- Dayton Dailey News, 12/17: UAV makers expect U.S. defense demand to continue
- The Guardian, 12/17: William Hague questioned over British role in drone strikes
- San Juan Capistrano Patch, 12/16: Drone Deal Gives Swift Engineering 600 Percent Boost
- # Wired [Danger Room], 12/16: Iran’s Alleged Drone Hack: Tough, but Possible
- Yahoo News, 12/16: Iran may have captured U.S. stealth drone by hacking its GPS
- Indian Express, 12/16: China goes to Seychelles
- Christian Science Monitor, 12/14: Seychelles becomes site of another US drone crash
- Fox News, 12/13: Administration Sets Low Expectations for Chance of Drone Being Returned,
as Theories Form on How Drone Was Captured - Xinhua, 12/12: Fate of downed U.S. drone up to Iran: FM
- Reuters, 12/12: U.S. leaving drone base won't have big impact on air war
- # Wired [Danger Room], 12/12: CIA’s Drone War In Pakistan Will Use Afghan Bases
- New York Times, 12/11: C.I.A. Leaves Base in Pakistan Used for Drone Strikes
- MSNBC World News, 12/10: Pakistan says U.S. drones in its air space will be shot down
- # The Race for Iran, 12/10: Iran, American Drones, and the Interlinking Crises of U.S. Hegemony and Global Governance
- Los Angeles Times, 12/10: Police employ Predator drone spy planes on home front
- Russia Today, 12/10: Google unEarths image of secret US drone base in Nevada
- CNN World, 12/10: Zakaria and Baer: Downed U.S. drone an intel catastrophe
- The Nation, Pakistan, 12/10: US envoy faces legal threat over boys death in drone hit
- Avionics Intelligence, 12/08: FAA Tackles Drone Rules; Unmanned aircraft may eventually be used in civilian sector
- Wall Street Journal, 12/09: Drone Program Attacked by Human-Rights Groups
- UPI.com 12/08: The ethics of unmanned vehicle warfare
- CNN/IBN Live, 12/08: Drones to police coastal skies over Tamil Nadu
- # Counterpunch, 12/08: Militarizing the Borders: Drones Are Coming to a Theater Near You
- Bloomberg Business Week, 12/08: Turkey Seeks U.S. Drones for Terrorism Fight, Ambassador Says
- Washington Post, 12/07: Stealth drone highlights tougher U.S. strategy on Iran
- # War Tard, 12/07: Drone Warfare: How UAVs are changing the 'rules' of 21st century conflict.
- The Atlantic Wire, 12/07: Fallen U.S. Drone Nearly Led to Covert Strike in Iran
- Press TV, 12/07: US planned to recover spy drone in Iran
- BBC News, 12/05: US 'concerned' over drone lost near Iran border
- Washington Post, 12/05: Drone belonged to CIA, officials say
- NPR All Things Considered, 12/05: Look, Up In The Sky! It's A Drone, Looking At You
- Press TV, 12/04: Iran military downs US spy drone
- Washington Post, 12/03: In Gaza, lives shaped by drones
- Yahoo! News, 12/02: UK arrests 22 in drone demonstration
There's so much going on here, I can't resist the urge to comment. December and November have more news hits for Drones the entire preceeding year. A lot of it has to do with Iran capturing one of our high tech surveillance drones. Everyone has a piece of that action, and I have tried to capture a variety of perspectives. Then there's the 'friendly' fire incident that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and caused them to kick us out of Shamsi. Note that the article in the Pakistani news source says we have access to others. And then there is the crash at Seychelles. But, all in all, the Drone business is booming.- November, 2011
- NBC New York, 11/30: Occupy Wall Street Stages "War Profiteers" Protest
- Courthouse News Service, 11/30: Occupiers Take Aim at Big Defense Conference
- # Alternet, 11/30: How the Drone Warfare Industry Took Over Our Congress
- Al Jazeera, 11/29: 'Bugsplat': The ugly US drone war in Pakistan
- NPR All Things Considered, 11/29: War By Remote Control: Drones Make It Easy
- NPR Morning Edition, 11/29: Drone Pilots: The Future Of Aerial Warfare
- Asia Times, 11/29: US and Pakistan enter the danger zone
- Los Angeles Times, 11/27: Idea of civilians using drone aircraft may soon fly with FAA
- The Telegraph, 11/18: Britain's 'most wanted' killed in drone attack
- # Drone Wars UK, 11/15: As drones continue to kill, drone protests go global
- # The RAW Story, 11/12: Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police
- Los Angeles Times, 11/16: Boeing delivers first batch of 30,000-pound bombs to Air Force
- Mercury News, 11/12: Feds use more unmanned aircraft to secure border
- Russia Today, 11/08: Drones kill first, ask later
- Space Dailey, 11/09: US military adds armed robotic helicopters to fleet
- Fox News, 11/10: Exclusive: Saab Unveils Amazing 'Magic Maps' for Military
- Los Angeles Times, 11/08: Navy signs $17-million deal for armed drones
- # CNN Opinion 10/19: The scary prospect of global drone warfare
- Los Angeles Times, 11/07: U.S. put new restrictions on CIA drone strikes in Pakistan
- The Guardian of London, 11/07: The CIA's unaccountable drone war claims another casualty
- # Democracy Now! 11/07:
- U.S. Drone Kills 16-Year-Old Pakistani Boy Days After He Attends Anti-Drone Organizing Meeting
- Los Angeles Times, 11/05: Multiple missteps led to drone killing U.S. troops in Afghanistan
- # Los Angeles Times, 11/03: Assassination Backlash
- October, 2011
- # Info Wars, 10/31: DHS-Funded Taser Drone Launched in Texas
- Press TV, 10/27: US drone attack kills 13 in Somalia
- Los Angeles Times, 10/27: Homeland Security adding 3 drone aircraft despite lack of pilots
- Washington Post, 10/27: US Drone Base in Ethiopia is Operational
- Der Speigel, 10/21: Messengers of Death: Are Drones Creating a Global Arms Race
- Los Angeles Times, 10/20: U.S. Predator drone fired on convoy outside Surt, officials say
- # AntiWar.com 10/19: New Drones Can be Stored in Soldiers' Backpacks
- Russia Today,10/17: Drone Killed Americans (see RT 4/12 for initial report)
- # Los Angeles Times, 10/17: Unfounded drone fears
- # Tom Dispatch, Nick Turse, 10/16: Mapping America's Shadowy Drone Wars
- # Empty Wheel Blog, 10/18:
- As al-Awlaki Family Mourns Abdulrahman, 16, US Develops “Kamikaze Drones” Targeting Single Humans
- Russia Today, 10/13: America Finds Out About Drone Viruses from Internet
- Los Angeles Times, 10/13: Air Force says drone computer virus poses 'no threat'
- # Waging NonViolence, 10/13: Anti-drone movement Grows
- # The World Can't Wait, 10/12: The Sickness Unto Death
- New York Times, 10/8: Coming Soon, the Drone Arms Race?
- New York Times, 10/7: War Drones Keep Flying Despite Computer Virus
- September 2011
- Washington Post, 9/19: A Future for Drones: Automated Killing
- *Syracuse Post Standard Responds: Lethal Autonomy: Should next generation drones run themselves?
- Wall Street Journal, 9/8: Drones Evolve into Weapons In the Age of Terror
- *Syracuse Post Standard, 9/5: re. Upcoming Trial
- # Space for Peace Space Alert, Fall, 2011: Confronting Space Directed Drones
- August 2011
- New York Times, 8/11: CIA is Disputed on Civilian Drone Toll
- The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, 8/11: Drone War Exposed, the complete picture of CIA strikes in Pakistan
- *Syracuse, Channel 9, 8/04: Drone Training Unit at Hancock Brings Jobs
- Dawn (Pakistan), 08/03: CIA ignored ambassador’s plea on drone attack timings
[CIA: Constant Impunity & Arrogance] - New York Times, 8/02: Costly Drones to replace U-2 Spy Plane
- July 2011
- UK Guardian, 7/15Campaigners Seek Arrest of Former CIA Legal Chief over Pakistan Drone Attacks
- NPR Morning Edition, 7/11: Popularity Of Drones Takes Off For Many Countries
- # Tom Dispatch, Barbara Erenreich, 7/10: The Fog of (Robot) War
- # Firedog Lake, 7/03: Public Debate" over Drones is a State Secret
- June 2011
- # AntiWar.com, 6/30US Rejects Pakistani Demand to Vacate Air Base
- WorldWatch, CBS News, 6/30: Pakistan Kicks US off Airbase
- # Truthdig, 6/30: Our Robotic Assassins
- Defense Tech, 06/24: Pakistan Boots U.S. From Drone Base
- WorldWatch, CBS News, 6/23: Group Warns Drone Users Violating International Laws of War
- Press TV, 6/23: Pakistanis stage sit-in against drone strikes
- Imran Khan's Party in Pakistan (PTI), 6/22: Another 3 day Sit In Announced
- New York Times, 6/19: War Evolves with Drones, Some Tiny as Bugs
- Russia Today, 06/15: CIA sending drones to Yemen
- Washington Post, 6/14: CIA to Operate Drones Over Yemen
- # Counterpunch, 6/08: Doug Noble:Ground the Drones
- # AntiWar.com, 6/08: Perfect Asymmetry: The Predator Drone and the Suicide Bomber
- Foreign Policy, 6/07: Don't Fear the Reaper
- # Brian Terrel Responds, Counterpunch 6/14: War of the Killer Robots (Fear the Reaper)
- Russia Today, 06/06Pakistanis protest "Playstation" project
- April 2011
- # *Syracuse Post Standard, 4/21: Drone Warfare
- # Truthout, 4/15: Nick Mottern:Drones Fly Through Congress, to Enter US Skies
- Russia Today, 4/12: First Drone Friendly Fire Deaths
- Los Angeles Times, 4/10: Anatomy of an Afghan War Tragedy
- 2010
- The Guardian, 12/13/2010: Pakistani journalist sues CIA for drone strike that killed relatives
- # Truthout, 10/06/10: The Bomb and the Drone
- # Adopt Resistance, 8/10: The Hunter/Killer Reaper Drone in our Midst
- Ithaca/Cortland YNN, 2/10/10: Peace Council Protests 174th Drones
- # Palestine Chronicle, 2/3/10: Drones and Death, The Israeli Connection
- # Wired [Danger Room], 01/25/2010Report: U.S. Drone Goes Down Over Pakistan. Again
- 2009
- # Wired [Danger Room], 12/10/2009: U.S. Military Joins CIA’s Drone War in Pakistan
- #*Buffalo Indy Media, 12/09Abolish the Reaper Drone
- Forbes, 7/30/09: Drone Aircraft Market Surges in US