Using drones: principles, tactics and results (amended title)

[JMA]

What's the legal position?

NY Times article Feb 10, 2014: "WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is debating whether to authorize a lethal strike against an American citizen living in Pakistan who some believe is actively plotting terrorist attacks, according to current and former government officials.

It is the first time American officials have actively discussed killing an American citizen overseas since President Obama imposed new restrictions on drone operations last May." Read more here: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/11/wo...stan.html?_r=0

A subject which in my opinion does not draw enough attention considering the targeting of one's own citizens.

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Landpower Update: Strategies – Drones, Visionaries, and Political Development

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The Drone War in Yemen

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Steve Coll has a long article in the New Yorker on drones, using only Pakistan as the setting; with some new insights and brings the US aspects up to date IMHO:http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...blinking-stare

There is a longstanding main thread Using drones: principles, tactics and results (with 60k views), into which this will be merged one day:http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/...ead.php?t=7385

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Nanotechnology, Drones, and 3D Printing: The Future of Soldier Efficiencies in 2025

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Drones and Airpower: A Lack of Deterrence in Unconventional Warfare?

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The report on a day conference in the UK:

The Institute for Conflict, Cooperation and Security @ Birmingham University) has published a report of a conference held at the Royal Aeronautical Society on 12 June 2015, which brought together experts from academia, policy, and industry, to discuss the interim findings of a research project on 'The Political Effects of UAVs on Conflict and Cooperation within and between States.'

The project involves ongoing comparative research in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen to explore how the use and perception of drones shape the propensities for conflict and cooperation within and between states, with a particular focus on the complexities of drone use in politically highly unstable environments.


The research challenges the dominant narrative on UAVs and will contribute to understanding the impact of drone use abroad. The aim of the event was to engage with stakeholders in order to develop and refine the conclusions of the research and highlight key areas for further examination.

Link to (unread) report download:http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research...s-of-uavs.aspx

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Coming to Grips with Thinking about Drones

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Drones versus their Critics: A Victory for President Obama’s War Powers Legacy?

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[davidbfpo]

An Australian viewpoint from the Lowy Instititute this week:http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/...eping-up.aspx?

It contains a video:

...by science fiction author Daniel Suarez (embedded above) transverses some of the issues that lethal autonomy creates.

Last week:http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/...s-unknown.aspx

[davidbfpo]

Commercially available drones have the potential to be converted into flying bombs capable of hitting targets such as nuclear power stations or the prime minister’s car, a report by a security thinktank has warned.

The report, The Hostile Use of Drones by Non-State Actors Against British Targets, highlights concerns that “drones will be used as simple, affordable and effective airborne improvised explosive devices”.

Link:http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2...rity-thinktank

To website, where oddly report has yet to appear:http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.u...ect#background

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The Details of Drones, From a Pilot Who Flew Them

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RussianEmbassyBrunei ✔ @RusEmbBrunei

#Russian and #Malaysian companies signed agreement on #drone production in #Miri, Malaysia
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Targeting American Terrorists with Drones: Efficient, But Legal?

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A Fast-Growing Club: Countries that Use Drones for Killing

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An article in 'AirSpacemag' from the Smithsonian Foundation and the full title and sub-title is:

The Drone that Stalked Bin Laden; The RQ-170 provided a secret, and vital, piece of the intel puzzle.

Link:http://www.airspacemag.com/military-...tLdyYUeKPkd.99

It is quite interesting and almost nothing is written about Bin Laden!

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The ‘Palestinian Idol’ that Hacked Into Israel’s Drones

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A new film on drones, 'Eye in the Sky' is about to be released here and WoTR's reviewer, Professor MLR Smith writes:

.....we have the first concentrated cinematic dissection of the acute moral and political dilemmas that drone warfare generates. Part of the film’s novelty is that the action takes place over the course of a few hours in a day....(later)...perhaps the most powerful and intelligent of films of the post-9/11 epoch.

Link:http://warontherocks.com/2016/04/gam...ye-in-the-sky/

The director, Gavin Hood, has been interviewed by the Drone Center @ Bard College (NY State):

The film, which stars Helen Mirren, Alan Richman, Aaron Paul, and Barkhad Abdi, centers on the decision-making process known as the “kill chain” in a counterterrorism operation, and raises questions about the consequences of drone strikes, as well as the the moral, ethical and strategic dimensions of the targeted killing program. We spoke with Gavin about what he sought to achieve with the film.

Link:http://dronecenter.bard.edu/interview-gavin-hood/

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Military Drones Flood War Skies Over Syria, Iraq

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Two recent contributions to the debate here, responding to the recent Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR), entitled 'The Government’s policy on the use of drones for targeted killings'.

First from a post-doctoral researcher @ Birmingham University:http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research...d-killing.aspx

A more detailed, still short Policy Exchange article (labelled by some as neo-con), by a lawyer and a MP with military experience:http://www.policyexchange.org.uk/publications/category/item/critically-assessing-the-joint-committee-on-human-rights-report-on-drone-warfare-2?