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Obama, CIA Refuse to Justify Drone War

Secrecy reigns over deadly program

(Newser) - The CIA has ramped up its drone strikes under President Obama, killing somewhere between 1,350 and 2,250 people in Pakistan alone over the past three years. Yet the US has identified virtually none of those victims, nor provided any legal rationale for their killings, the Washington Post observes,...

US Drone Crashes in Seychelles

Unmanned Reaper overshoots runway

(Newser) - Another American spy drone has crashed, but unlike the one in Iran , recovering this one posed no problem for the US military. The unmanned Reaper drone crashed at an airport in the Seychelles after a routine anti-piracy patrol over the Indian Ocean, the AP reports. Officials say the drone developed...

US to Iran: Give Us Back Our Drone, Please

But Obama, Clinton don't seem to be holding their breath

(Newser) - Red-faced American officials have requested that Iran return a crashed US drone —the one apparently paraded before Iranians and stripped of whatever secrets it was carrying. "We have asked for it back. We'll see how the Iranians respond," said President Obama in the first confirmation that...

Iran General: We're Not Returning Drone

US officials won't say whether drone shown on TV is American

(Newser) - Iran has no plans to give back the US drone it claims to have, according to top general Hossein Salami. "No nation welcomes other countries' spy drones in its territory, and no one sends back the spying equipment and its information back to the country of origin," Salami...

Iran Shows Off Downed Drone
 Iran Shows Off Downed Drone 
Dec 8, 2011 2:46 PM CST

Iran Shows Off Downed Drone

US officials worried they'll be able to glean technology from it

(Newser) - Iran backed up its boast that it had downed a US spy drone by showing it off on state-run TV today, giving viewers a good long look at the aircraft while Revolutionary Guard Aerospace commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh cooed over it. "Military experts are well aware of how precious...

Crashed Drone Was Part of Fleet Spying on Iran

US considered a retrieval mission, but decided against it

(Newser) - The CIA drone that was lost in Iran over the weekend is part of a fleet that has been spying on Iran for years, US officials tell the AP . The US has a number of stealth aircraft at a base in Shindad, Afghanistan, as part of an effort to establish...

Crashed Drone Could Spill Our Secrets

Officials say it was on a CIA mission

(Newser) - The drone that crashed in Iran this weekend was on a CIA mission, US officials say , and some now fear that it may reveal US secrets to Tehran or its allies, China and Russia. The RQ-170 Sentinel drone—the same type used in the Osama bin Laden raid—features sophisticated...

US: 'No Indication' Iran Shot Down Drone

Tehran says it has seized downed aircraft

(Newser) - The situation continues to come unglued in Iran : Tehran, under increasing international scrutiny over its nuclear program, says that it has downed a US spy drone in the eastern part of the country. A US official, however, tells Reuters , "There is absolutely no indication up to this point that...

Drones and Cyberwar: Obama Doctrine Calls for Silent War, Writes Roger Cohen


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Nov 28, 2011 1:12 PM CST

The Obama Doctrine: Silent War

War on Terror has gone 'undercover': Roger Cohen

(Newser) - Make no mistake about it, there is an Obama Doctrine—but you won’t hear about it from the man himself. That’s because it’s a “doctrine of silence,” writes Roger Cohen in the New York Times . “America has decided that conventional wars of uncertain outcome...

US Cops Eye Drone Patrols
 US Cops Eye Drone Patrols 
Nov 28, 2011 12:54 AM CST

US Cops Eye Drone Patrols

FAA preparing new rules to allow domestic use of drones

(Newser) - Meet your science-fiction future. Drones may soon be deployed over your sky, courtesy of your local police force. The Federal Aviation Administration is in the process of paving the way for use of the terror-busting devices on domestic soil, reports the Los Angeles Times . And it's not only police,...

Drones to Patrol Olympics
 Drones to Patrol Olympics 
Nov 25, 2011 1:23 AM CST

Drones to Patrol Olympics

RAF snipers may also be watching from helicopters

(Newser) - Next stop for drones: London. To help bolster security at next year's Olympics, Scotland Yard plans to use unmanned drones equipped with cameras for "eyes in the sky," reports the Independent . Only one local police force currently uses a drone—a radio-controlled mini-helicopter—for surveillance, but three...

US Flying Armed Drones Out of Ethiopia Base

Ethiopia denies US presence, Air Force doesn't

(Newser) - Not only has the United States built a network of military drone bases in East Africa , it is flying its armed Reaper drones out of a base in southern Ethiopia on secret missions against al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist groups from Somalia to Yemen, reports the Washington Post . The Ethiopian government is denying...

'Kamikaze' Mini-Drones Added to US Arsenal

'Switchblade' drone can fit in a soldier's backpack

(Newser) - There's a new drone about to join the American military's arsenal—and it's a suicide bomber. The "Switchblade," small enough to be carried in a soldier's backpack, is designed to hover in the sky before flying itself into a human target and detonating a...

Miscommunication Caused Friendly Fire Drone Killings

Warning by US-based analysts never sent to operator, ground forces: Report

(Newser) - The two US servicemen killed by a Predator in April died because Marines on the ground and the Air Force crew operating the drone were not told by analysts elsewhere of doubts about the men's identity, reports the LA Times . The incident occurred on April 6 when a Marine...

US Drones Infected With Virus
 US Drones Infected With Virus 
Oct 7, 2011 2:19 PM CDT

US Drones Infected With Virus

Someone is logging the keystrokes of drone operators

(Newser) - America’s robot assassins have all been infected with a “keylogger” virus that tracks every move their pilots make, sources tell Wired . The military isn’t sure how the computers at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada—the nerve center that controls most drone missions—got infected, or who...

FBI: Mass. Man Planned Drone Attack on Capitol, Pentagon

Rezwan Ferdaus allegedly also planned to attack US troops overseas

(Newser) - A Massachusetts man who authorities say planned to blow up the Pentagon and US Capitol using unmanned drones laden with explosives was arrested today. According to the US Attorney in Boston, Rezwan Ferdaus' plan included the use of three small drone planes filled with C-4 plastic explosives; six people would...

US Expanding African Drone Network

New bases to target Islamic militants, pirates

(Newser) - The Obama administration is creating an expanded network of drone bases in Africa, which officials say will help the US target Islamic militants in Somalia and Yemen. A new drone base is being built in Ethiopia, and the US is already deploying drones over Somalia and Yemen from its base...

Soon, Drones Could Kill Without Human Guidance

Tests already under way for robot killers of the future

(Newser) - Could robots be the soldiers of the future? The Pentagon is currently working on drones that can identify—and will eventually be able to eliminate—targets without any human controlling them. The Washington Post details a demonstration last fall in which a pair of model-sized planes, working in tandem, located...

Pakistanis, Taliban Battle for Downed Drone

China, Iran could gain access to drone parts

(Newser) - Pakistani troops battled Taliban fighters over a downed CIA drone today, raising fears that America's enemies may gain access to its military technology. Taliban militants reportedly surrounded the Predator in a tribal region of Pakistan, but were fought off by Pakistani soldiers in a 4-hour battle that left three...

Big Brother Drones Are Watching ... Us

Spy planes being used to fight floods, fires

(Newser) - The same kind of unmanned spy drones used to track militants in the badlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan is finding a growing number of uses in the US. Predator drones, already used to patrol America's borders with Mexico and Canada, are being used to fight fires, survey flood damage,...

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