Drone News Archive
- Drone News and Analysis(#) [ See 2011, 2012-Q1 ]
- June, 2012
- MSNBC: Rachel Maddow, 06/29: Maddow exclusive: Never-before-seen footage of US drone strike damage in Pakistan
- The Daily Star (Lebanon), 06/29: Drone policy in Yemen unsustainable: experts
- IT World, 06/28: Hacked drones could become missiles over U.S., researchers warn
- AV Web, 06/28: Drone Hacking 101
- San Francisco Chronicle, 06/28: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Manufacturing in the US Industry Market Research Report Now Available from IBISWorld
- ** Syracuse Post Standard, 06/28:
- Foreign Policy, 06/27: Are the strategic costs of Obama's drone policy greater than the short-term gains?
- Middle East Voices (VOA), 08/27: AT ISSUE: Are US Drone Strikes in South Asia, Middle East Ethical?
- Market Watch, 06/27: Drone maker AeroVironment issues upbeat outlook
- MI News 26, 06/27: U.S. drone strike kills 5 suspected militants in Pakistan
- Sacramento Bee, 06/27: UAV Market Poised for Significant Growth Through 2020, Beyond Existing Military Applications
- CNN, 06/18: Taliban to U.S.: End drone strikes in Pakistan, or no more polio vaccines
[ One of Ghandi's rules for hunger strikes was to target someone who cares. ] - Reason TV, 06/18: Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal? Q and A w Newsweek's Eli Lake
- Business Insider, 06/18: Google Earth May Have Exposed An Unknown Drone At Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works
- RAW Story, 06/18: CREW calls on Holder to release secret drone strike memo
- Seattle Times, 06/17: Afghans criticize U.S. drone strike; 4 French soldiers killed
- PressTV (Iran), 06/17: US assassination drone goes down in eastern Afghanistan
- NY Daily News, 06/17: Look Up and See a Drone
- Springfield News Sun, 06/16: Drone, intel work saves hundreds of area jobs
- Star Telegram (AP), 06/16: Space drone lands after secret mission
[ Interesting terminology. Vehicles used in most space flights are unmanned therefore, "Drones" ] - Wired, 06/16: Video: Secret Space Plane Shatters Orbital Record as Chinese Rival Looms
- Wired, 06/15: CIA Refuses to Confirm or Deny Drone Attacks Obama Brags About
- Wired, 06/15: ‘Gray Eagle’ Drone Fails All the Time, But Army Still Wants More
- Los Angeles Times, 06/15: Drone thought to be UFO on cross-country trip from Edwards AFB
- New York Daily News, 06/14: ‘UFO’ sightings in D.C. turn out to be military drone: police
- Reuters, 06/14: Venezuela says building drones with Iran's help
- Dawn (Pakistan), 06/14: US drone kills three militants in North Waziristan: officials
- CNN, 06/14: Don't let drones invade our privacy [Rand Paul is taking up the fight in the Senate]
- ** # Some of Our Own
- Counterpunch, o6/13: A Lethal Hypocrisy, Obama’s Robotic Assassins
- New York Times, 06/13: How Drones Help Al Qaeda
- Countercurrents, 06/13: What Happens When You Talk To The Public About Drones
- Countercurrents, 06/12: Resisting Drones In Missouri
- The Australian News, 06/13: New video features al-Qaida chief US believed killed in Pakistan drone attack
[ Who were those 15 victims? ] - Wired, 06/13: Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil
- CNN, 06/13: Officials: U.S. drone strikes kill suspected militants in Yemen
- FOX News, 06/13: US drone strike kills 4 in Pakistan, officials say
- USA Today, 06/12: Downed Drone Could Cost Navy Nearly $200 Million
- ABC News (Australia), 06/12: The kill chain: Australia's drone war
[ The capability? It’s like crack cocaine, a drug, for our guys involved ] - A Little Debate
- The Independent (UK), 06/12: Patrick Cockburn: America is deluded by its drone-warfare propaganda
- # Salon.com, 06/12: What might cause another 9/11?
- The Daily Beast, 06/12: Are Drones Defensible?
- The Atlantic, 06/07: Obama Supporters Know His Drone War Is Indefensible
- Hindustan Times (India), 06/11: ‘Obama using drone strikes for political gains’
- The Guardian (UK), 06/11: Obama's drone wars and the normalisation of extrajudicial murder
- Los Angeles Times, 06/11: Military Global Hawk drone crashes in Maryland
- Springfield News (Ohio), 06/10: Ohio competing for UAV testing sites
- New York Daily News, 06/10: Rep. Pete King defends drone program against Al Qaeda
[ Peter King, McCarthy Wanabee, when he's not busy fighting the good fight at home ] - Times Daily (Florence Alabama), 06/09: Drone war needs accountability
- The Diplomat, 06/09: Four Myths About Drone Strikes
[ interesting bit of propaganda, Pakistani Authors living in US, pro drone ‘Diplomacy’ (?) ] - DIVIDS (US Third Army), 06/09: News: Drone offers revolutionary capability for logistics community
- Huffington Post, 06/07: U.N. Drone Investigation: U.S. Dodging Questions On Drone Attacks
- Dawn (Pakistan), 06/07: UN wants investigation into drone attacks inside Pakistan
- New York Times, 06/06: Defense Chief Shrugs Off Objections to Drones
[A humongous pile of BS ] - Bloomberg, 06/05: Drone Strike That Kills Al-Qaeda Leader Leaves Questions
- Fox News, 06/05: No. 2 Al Qaeda leader reportedly targeted in Pakistan, as drone strikes escalate
[ US (justified) version of previous entry ] - The International News (Pakistan), 06/05: US drone kills 15 in Mir Ali
[ 8th Drone Strike in Pakistan since NATO conference 2 wks ago . 3rd strike on Mir Ali . 60 killed ] - Daily Times (Pakistan), 06/05: No justification for drone strikes
- USA Today, 06/04: Officials: U.S. drone strike in Pakistan kills 8
- The Nation (Pakistan), 06/04: America intensifies drone strikes; 10 more killed
- PressTV (Iran), 06/04: US drone campaign opens door to ‘chaotic’ world
- Yahoo News (AP), 06/03: Pakistan: US drone kills 10 suspected militants
- Washington Post, 06/02: U.S. drone targets in Yemen raise questions
- New York Daily News, 06/02: US drone strike kills three militants in Pakistan: officials
- The Guardian (UK), 06/02: US drone strike kills two as tensions mount over programme in Pakistan
- # CommonDreams.org, 06/02: Yes, Virginia, We Can Do Something About the Drone Strikes
[ See May 10, below for associated Action] - # CommonDreams.org, 06/02: The Dronification of Planet Earth
- Reuters, 06/01: Drone attack kills 11 in south Yemen: residents
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May, 2012
- # Counterpunch, 05/31: Pakistan Pays the Price for Its Defiance
- The Atlantic, 05/31: Do Obama's Drone Strikes Imperil America?
- New York Times, 05/31: Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will
- # TomDispatch, 05/31: Tomgram: Nick Turse, Hot Drone-On-Drone Action
- # CounterCurrents, 05/31: A Drone-Eat-Drone World
- # Slate, 05/30: Beyond the Kill List
- # Salon.com, 05/29: The face of collateral damage
- Foreign Policy, 05/29: Where the Drones Are
- Public Intelligence, 05/27: Rebuild Your Local Economy with the Drone Industry
- The Telegraph, 05/26: Court case over drone strike 'could force Britain to reveal intelligence exchanges with US'
- Global Post, 05/26: Drone strikes continue to pound Pakistan's northwest
- China Daily, 05/26: 4 killed in US drone strike in NW Pakistan
[ Numerous versions of this, but this says ‘suspected’ militants. Hindustan Times says ‘people’
Third strike in the area this week!] - Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 05/25: Drone Strikes Continue in Pakistan as Tension Increases and Senate Panel Cuts Aid
- Huffington Post, 05/25: Drone Lobbying Ramps Up Among Industry Manufacturers, Developers
- Russia Today, 05/25: Drones over US to get weaponized – so far, non-lethally
- Dawn (Pakistan), 05/24: US drone strike kills 10 in North Waziristan: officials
- Global Post, 05/24: Back-to-back US drone strikes in Pakistan test diplomatic standoff over supply lines
- Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 05/23: Drone Strikes Continue in Pakistan as Tension Increases and Senate Panel Cuts Aid
- Christian Science Monitor, 05/23: US drone strike in Pakistan highlights divergent interests of US, Pakistan
- Herald Sun, 05/23: US drone strike kills four insurgents in northwestern Pakistan
- Dawn (Pakistan), 05/23: Drone strike kills four militants in North Waziristan
- Xinhuanet (China), 05/23: 5 killed in U.S. drone strike in NW Pakistan
- Russia Today, 05/23: US drone industry: Open for business at home and abroad
- The Eagle (AP), 05/22: Drone hit list for terror leaders in debate
- Associated Press, 05/22: Who will drones target? Who in the US will decide?
- Christian Science Monitor, 05/22: Pakistani official: Position to soften on NATO supply line
- The Guardian of London, 05/21: Obama meets Zardari at Nato but signals no end to diplomatic standoff
- Public Radio International, 05/21: Small drone used to catch polluting mafioso in the act
- The Examinier, 05/20: Pakistani award-winning drone filmmaker denied right to enter U.S.
- Reuters, 05/20: Pakistan urges a 'permanent solution' on U.S. drone strikes
- Press TV (Iran), 05/19: Pakistan Air Force drone crashes in Punjab
- Strategy Page Procurement Index, 05/19: Israeli UAV Flies For Islam
[ And Europe! ] - Russia Today, 05/19: Spy-Butterfly: Israel developing insect drone for indoor surveillance
- Press Release (EU), 05/19: "UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market Worth $451.9m in 2012" Says Visiongain Report
- Washington Post, 05/19: Suspected US drone strike kills 2 militants in Yemen, while clashes in the south leave 34 dead
- MSNBC, 05/18: 'Covert' US drone operation is mapped on Twitter
- Wall Street Journal, 05/17: U.S. Rethinks Secrecy on Drone Program
- # Common Dreams, 05/17: International Civil Society Ramps Up Campaign Against US Drones
- Christian Science Monitor, 05/16: EU airstrike on Somali pirates echoes US drone strategy
- Washington Post, Post Local, 05/16: Anti-drone activists target Md. politicians, G-8 meeting with aircraft replicas
[ The Know Drones Tour, engaging local activists and targeting politicians] - Military Times, 05/16: Marine Corps pursues ‘kamikaze’ drone
- CBS Chicago, 05/16: Drone Spotted Over Elgin Week Before NATO Summit?
- Medill Reports (Northwestern University), 05/15: Unlicensed pilots operating drone aircraft in Illinois airspace
- Some Opinions
- Slate, 05/16: Would an American Who Shot Down a Surveillance Drone Be Considered a "Hero" by Some?
[ Taking Krauthammer to the next level!] - Salon.com, 05/15: Israel’s Drone Dominance
- # Countercurrents (Bill Quigley), 05/15: Five Reasons Why Drone Assassinations Are Illegal
- Dawn (Pakistan), 05/14: Drone doctrine of necessity
- KPCC Public Radio, 05/14: Drone rules scheduled to be released Monday; Regs to determine how police can use them
- # TomDispatch (Tom Engelhardt), 05/13: America as a Shining Drone Upon a Hill
- The Atlantic, 05/13: American Drones Will Not Save Yemen
- Real Clear Politics (Charles Krauthammer), 05/14: Krauthammer On Drones Flying In US: "Stop It Here, Stop It Now"
- # Informed Comment (Juan Cole), 05/11: Why We Must Name All Drone Attack Victims
- Slate, 05/16: Would an American Who Shot Down a Surveillance Drone Be Considered a "Hero" by Some?
- Washington Post, 05/14: 2 Pakistani lawsuits pressure government to deal with CIA drone strikes
- Chicago Tribune, 05/12: U.S. drone strike kills 5 militants in Yemen: residents
- The Express Tribune, 05/11: Pakistani students win international award for film on drones
- Veracity News, 05/10: Pakistan: Rights Group Files Law Suit Against US For Deadly Drone Attacks
- # Just Foreign Policy, 05/10: Kucinich/Conyers: Ensure Transparency and Accountability In The U.S. Combat Drone Program
- Reuters, 05/09: U.S. drone attacks in Yemen cause political strain
- Pakistan Observer (Pakistan), 05/09: Defeating US on drones
- # WarIsACrime, 05/08: Drones in U.S. Flight Paths: What Could Go Wrong?
[ Very informative with links to information on current state of Domestic Drones] - Wired Danger Room, 05/08: Oops! Air Force Drones Can Now (Accidentally) Spy on You
- ABC News, 05/07: Sources Say Drone Strike, AQAP Bomb-maker, Tied to Recent Foiled Plot
- The Globe and Mail (Canada), 05/07: Hours after CIA drone strike, al-Qaeda attacks Yemeni base, kills 22
- Daily Advance (NC), 05/06: Douglas Cohn: US’ open drone campaign raises sovereignty issues
- Press TV, 05/06: ‘US drone strikes grabbing more media attention’
- The Nation (Pakistan), 05/06: US to Intensify Drone Strikes in Pakistan
- Online News (Pakistan), 05/06: Pakistan condemns U.S. drone attacks
- Online News (Pakistan), 05/06: 10 killed in NW drone strike
["According to the sources panic gripped the area as five drones are still flying in the area."] - New York Daily News, 05/05: US drone strike 'kills 10 militants' in Pakistan
- Daily Times (Pakistan), 05/03: Pakistan Wants and Alternative to Drone Strikes: FO
- Bloomberg BusinessWeek, 05/04: Panetta Says Drone Attacks Protect U.S. From Terrorists
- The Hill (DefCon Hill, 05/03: Drone strikes in Pakistan could continue under US-Afghan agreement
- CNN, 05/03: Officials: Drone strike kills 13 suspected militants in Yemen
- The Daily Star (Lebanon), 05/03: Drone strike kills 15 militants in south Yemen
- US News, 05/03: Attorney: 'Guerilla-Like Police Tactics' Used in First American Drone Arrest
[ . . . . and, on the home front . . . drone targets man on his own property in police op ] - Conservatives join the Debate
- Washington Post, 05/03: Politicizing the drone debate
- Washington Post, 05/02: America’s remote-controlled war on terror
- Huffington Post, 05/02: In Pakistan, Death Is Only One of the Civilian Costs of Drone Strikes
[ at least they can get compensation now? ] - Space Daily, 05/01: US Defends Drone Strikes
- Salon.com, 05/01: Drones invade campus
- CBS News 05/01: Brennan describes how US chooses drone targets
- New York Daily News, 05/01: Ignoring Pakistan, US defends drone strikes
- CBS News, 05/01: Pakistani PM strikes moderate tone after US attack
- # Uruknet Blog, 05/01: Waking Up to Drones, Stories from the Shazad Akbar