Tag: Drones

One hundred US drones heading to Ukraine as part of latest weapons package

Mike Brest · March 16, 2022 8:42 pm

Psaki: Russian drone flying into NATO airspace doesn’t constitute invasion

Christian Datoc · March 15, 2022 6:23 pm

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)

Drone from Ukraine war zone crashes in Croatia

Victor I. Nava · March 11, 2022 11:31 am

Iran’s growing drone menace

Beltway Confidential

Iran’s growing drone menace

Sean Durns · February 10, 2022 10:30 am

Rain falls on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, early Friday, March 31, 2017.

Experts highlight need for drone program accountability in Senate testimony

Mike Brest · February 9, 2022 8:24 pm

FILE - In this June 13, 2010, file photo a U.S. Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport in Afghanistan. Hunting al-Qaida targets from Pakistan to Afghanistan, Yemen to Somalia, the fleet of U.S. armed Predator and Reaper drones that killed two American members of al-Qaida in Yemen Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, are the night stalkers of the expanded U.S. war on terrorists.

Democrats applaud Austin’s plan to mitigate civilian casualties

Mike Brest · January 28, 2022 8:36 pm

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)

Defense Secretary Austin orders changes to cut civilian deaths

Mike Brest · January 27, 2022 9:51 pm

The move will freeze the U.S. assets of a Yunus Emre Sakarya, who has procured more than $500,000 worth of unmanned aerial vehicles for ISIS since 2015. (iStock by Getty Images)

UAE bans flying of recreational drones after fatal attack

Associated Press · January 23, 2022 7:08 pm

FILE - This March 12, 2014, file photo shows a drone flown by Brian Wilson, landing after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. Even though it's illegal to fly the devices just about anywhere in New York City without permission, the incidents and breathtaking videos of Manhattan's steel-and-glass canyons and sweeping skyline photos suggest that the restrictions are being widely flouted. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

WATCH: Officials tie sausages to drones to rescue stranded dog

Luke Gentile · January 21, 2022 3:58 pm

President Obama said Thursday that January's drone tragedy "is a warning sign about thinking that you can conduct accurate drone strikes and not have a presence there." (AP File Photo)

Democrats call on Biden to overhaul drone program over civilian casualties

Mike Brest · January 21, 2022 3:39 pm

Amal Ahmadi, 32, holds a picture of his slain brother Zemerai Ahmadi at the family house in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021.

Defense Department releases footage of botched Afghan strike

Mike Brest · January 20, 2022 3:04 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Magazine - Washington Briefing

Why no one was punished for fatally flawed US airstrike that mistakenly targeted an innocent man

Jamie McIntyre · January 7, 2022 4:00 am