Iran drone downing highlights limitations of US unmanned aircraft
US drones have been a key tool in conflicts against insurgent organizations such as the Taliban and the Islamic State group, but Iran's downing of one of the aircraft highlights…
China steps up drone race with stealth aircraft
China is unleashing stealth drones and pilotless aircraft fitted with AK-47 rifles onto world markets, racing to catch up to US technology and adding to a fleet that has already…
Afghan drone war: data show unmanned flights dominate air campaign
Drones fired more weapons than conventional warplanes for the first time in Afghanistan last year and the ratio is rising, previously unreported US Air Force data show, underlining how reliant…
Who’s sky is it anyway? US drone case tests rights to air space
When a small town American roofer took legal action against a neighbour for shooting down his drone, the local dispute sparked a case that could help shape the newest frontier…
Drones emerge from shadows to become key cog in US war machine
When the US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for. But…
The drone papers
It’s October 16. Is Christmas ‘imminent’? According to an extraordinary series of new reports about the United States’ targeted-killing program from The Intercept, the government seems to think so. In…
The faces of drone war
Up in the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northern Pakistan, a giant image of an orphan girl is now laid out next to the mud houses of the locals. She…
If a drone were downed
President Obama has demonstrated two things. First, he is better at winning elections than conducting foreign policy. Second, he can’t tell the difference between the two. During his first term…
America’s drone issue
Over the last few weeks, particularly in the week preceding the congressional hearings for confirmation of Obama’s new CIA director, much has appeared in the American and international media about…
View Point: Obama in India
When US President Barack Obama arrived in India earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was beside himself with excitement while TV talk show hosts in Pakistan, green with envy,…
