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  • Navys Robot Warplane Tests Its Brains for Midair Refueling | Northrop Grumman X-47B Drone | Space.com


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    The U.S. Navys X-47B drone has undergone a first round of flight testing hardware and software necessary for refueling on its own in midair with a flying fuel tanker.
    12 hours ago

  • Unmanned and computer-controlled drones, with no ‘man in...


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    Unmanned and computer-controlled drones, with no ‘man in the loop’? William Hennigan via LA Times The X-47B is an experimental jet — that’s what the X stands for — and is designed to demonstrate new technology, such as automated takeoffs, landings and refueling. The drone also has a fully capable ...
    1 day ago

  • Is The NYPD Experimenting With Drones Over The City?


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    From Rap Con.Com They’re used in war zones for surveillance and military strikes. But are there plans to deploy drones in the Big Apple to keep an eye on New Yorkers? More and more people believe it’s inevitable, reports CBS 2’s Don Dahler. Drones are unmanned aircraft that can fly at low altitudes and ...
    1 day ago

  • US Opinion: Do Drones Undermine Democracy? (Singer)


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    Peter Singer writes for The New York Times : In democracies like ours, there have always been deep bonds between the public and its wars. Citizens have historically participated in decisions to take military action, through their elected representatives, helping to ensure broad support for wars and a willingness to ...
    1 day ago

  • How birds avoid hitting trees


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    London, Jan 25 (IANS) Birds don’t have to bother about overcrowded roads, but they do stick to a speed limit to avoid hitting trees or other objects.Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) believe their findings could help the military fly unmanned drones as fast as possible without ...
    3 days ago

  • Drones: At war and at home


    Mediating Conflict — Authority Authority: 92
    Continuing my recent theme on the use of drones in journalism, I came across this Guardian article rather strangely entitled: Drones in the hands of the paparazzi? Its an ethics and privacy minefield There are some interesting observations here and the article lists some of the important questions raised by the ...
    4 days ago

  • Suspected US drone kills 3 militants in Pakistan: Why now? It speaks for itself


    An Average American Patriot — Authority Authority: 113
    Suspected US drone kills 3 militants in Pakistan: Unmanned U.S. aircraft fired missiles into a home in a tribal region of western Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least three militants, local intelligence officials said, in an attack that ended a lengthy pause in drone strikes that have become the mainstay of U.S. ...
    4 days ago

  • Flying Death Robots Expand into Another Country


    The Paltry Sapien — Authority Authority: 427
    Officials: US Drone Strike Killed Somali Insurgent  A U.S. drone strike killed an al-Qaida official of Lebanese origin fighting alongside insurgents in Somalia, officials said. AP Of course it did.  Wonder how many folks just in the general area were mangled as well.  Oh, the “anonymous” official who was ...
    5 days ago

  • Dronology: America’s Flying Eye Pries On Its Own People


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    From RT.Com/News A staple of Washington’s war missions, targeted assassinations and spying operations overseas, unmanned aerial vehicles, known as drones, are now being used by US police in the domestic arena, stirring up privacy concerns among Americans. According to John Whitehead, a constitutional attorney ...
    6 days ago

  • Pakistan may allow US military trainers: US media


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    Islamabad, Jan 21 (IANS) Pakistan may invite US military trainers back “as early as April or May” but it has ruled out allowing CIA drones into the country again, Geo News reported citing US media.Relations between the two countries have been at an all-time low since 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in [...]
    1 week ago

  • MIT calculates UAV speed limit


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    Many birds can zip at high speed through a forest without crashing into trees. But, say MIT researchers, theres a top speed at which this is possible, and its an important factor in designing drones. read more
    1 week ago

  • "A recent McClatchy report revealed that it takes nearly 170 people to keep a single Predator drone..."


    Criminal Wisdom — Authority Authority: 119
    “A recent McClatchy report revealed that it takes nearly 170 people to keep a single Predator drone in the air for 24 hours.” - From THE CRASH AND BURN FUTURE OF ROBOT WARFARE by Nick Turse ( Via )
    1 week ago

  • Iranians To Return US Drone To Obama - Who Says Theres No Muslim Sense of Humor?


    J O S H U A P U N D I T — Authority Authority: 586
    You remember the top secret American RQ-170 Sentinel drone went down over Iran last month, the one President Obama asked them to pretty please return? Well the Iranians are complying ...sort of. While Iran may have trouble reverse engineering the drone itself, an Iranian company has profited by making miniature ...
    1 week ago

  • Sullivan, Obama, and Elections


    The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority Authority: 593
    Let me get this out of the way first.  I like Andrew Sullivan, appreciate a lot of the work he produces, and can cite the Dish as an enormous triumph in blogging that is both insightful and entertaining.  Now then, with that praise entered into the official record, onto the controversy. Sullivan has already ...
    1 week ago

  • Israeli drones are reported spying on Turkey for the Kurdish group PKK


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    Israeli drones are reported spying on Turkey for the Kurdish group PKK by Annie Robbins on January 18, 2012 Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Photo: EPA Israeli drones have been detected spying on Turkish military units in southern Turkey for the PKK (Kurdistan Worker’s Party), according to  ...
    1 week ago

  • A Carrier Launched Predator C


    Defense Tech — Authority Authority: 575
    You see a ton of animated pics of a UAV that looks just like Northrop’s X-47B carrier-launched stealth drone operating off of U.S. carriers of the 21st Century but this pic from General Atomics serves as a reminder that Northrop isn’t the only company vying to build the sea service’s first combat ready, ...
    1 week ago

  • Those Air Force Drones Are Bigger Than You Think They Are [Planelopnik]


    Jalopnik — Authority Authority: 718
    I keep forgetting about how damn huge some drones are. Most people think they are tiny, like toy planes. As this photo of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk shows, they are actually big. Big as in pretty damn huge. More »
    1 week ago

  • Iran Is Selling Rainbow Toy Copies of America’s Captured Drone (And Mailing One to Obama)


    Question Everything — Authority Authority: 126
    Iran Is Selling Rainbow Toy Copies of America’s Captured Drone (And Mailing One to Obama) : Hey look, this Iran being insane story just got more Iranian Insane! The Washington Post reports Tehran plans on mailing one of the toys to the White House, in response to the administration’s demand that the ...
    1 week ago

  • Those Air Force Drones Are Bigger Than You Think They Are [Airplanes]


    Gizmodo — Authority Authority: 863
    I keep forgetting about how damn huge some drones are. Most people think they are tiny, like toy planes. As this photo of a Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk shows, they are actually big. Big as in pretty damn huge. More »
    1 week ago

  • Drones Over America: Police State at Home


    Pragmatic Witness — Authority Authority: 112
    Drones To Be Used in Electronic Concentration Camps in America – The Beginning Yesterday, we read that drones were officially used in flights for domestic law enforcement. A scary incident related to a law enforcement action in North Dakota caught … Continue reading →
    1 week ago

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