Tag: Drones

FILE - In this Jan. 31, 2010 file photo an unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field, southern Afghanistan, on a moon-lit night. Drones are often called the weapon of choice of the Obama administration, which quadrupled drone strikes against al-Qaida targets in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas, up from less than 50 under the Bush administration to more than 220 in the past three years. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Beltway Confidential

How Biden’s new drone policy will weaken counterterrorism efforts

Tom Rogan · July 31, 2023 5:10 pm

Russian aircraft uses flare to ‘severely’ damage US drone over Syria

Mike Brest · July 25, 2023 1:37 pm

US releases footage of Russian jets harassing American drone over Syria

Brady Knox · July 6, 2023 1:16 am

Congress aims to strip ‘Trojan horse’ Chinese drones from all levels of government

Anna Giaritelli · June 18, 2023 3:00 am

Drones are a hot-ticket toy this holiday season. (AP File Photo/Alex Brandon)

Michigan Supreme Court to decide limits of warrantless drone surveillance

Washington Examiner · May 27, 2023 12:17 pm

Beltway Confidential

Marines, air-ground exercises, and the challenge of UFO reporting

Tom Rogan · May 23, 2023 11:44 pm

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, NV - AUGUST 08: An MQ-9 Reaper flies by on a training mission August 8, 2007 at Creech Air Force Base in Indian Springs, Nevada. The Reaper is the Air Force's first "hunter-killer" unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and is designed to engage time-sensitive targets on the battlefield as well as provide intelligence and surveillance. The jet-fighter sized Reapers are 36 feet long with 66-foot wingspans and can fly for as long as 14 hours fully loaded with laser-guided bombs and air-to-ground missiles. They can fly twice as fast and high as the smaller MQ-1 Predators reaching speeds of 300 mph at an altitude of up to 50,000 feet. The aircraft are flown by a pilot and a sensor operator from ground control stations. The Reapers are expected to be used in combat operations by the United States military in Afghanistan and Iraq within the next year. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

Key group of lawmakers calls for ‘full investigation’ into Syrian strike

Mike Brest · May 22, 2023 5:31 pm

Beltway Confidential

Blaming US for Kremlin attack, Russia points the finger at itself

Tom Rogan · May 4, 2023 7:20 pm

A drone created from a taxidermied bird from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in Socorro.

New Mexico scientists turn dead birds into drones

Brady Knox · April 14, 2023 7:54 pm

National Security

Florida ban on Chinese drones goes into effect, despite usage by police

Jack Birle · April 5, 2023 7:41 pm

Beltway Confidential

Biden’s stunning weakness in face of Russia’s drone aggression

Tom Rogan · March 29, 2023 7:35 pm

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 22, 2023.

Kirby calls Russian pilot who hit US drone an ‘idiot’

Misty Severi · March 22, 2023 11:55 pm