Tag: Drones

While some analysts assume North Korea does not have effective missile reentry vehicles, I assume they do. And located 2,100 miles from North Korean launch sites, Guam is well within range of Kim Jong Un's increasingly advanced ballistic missile forces. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)

Beltway Confidential

Guam is well-protected against North Korean attack

Tom Rogan · August 9, 2017 4:47 pm

An F/A-18E Super Hornet preparing to land on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz was forced to take evasive action Tuesday, when an Iranian drone came dangerously close to the U.S. warplane over the Arabian Gulf, according to the U.S. Navy. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Iranian drone interferes with US F-18 landing on carrier in Gulf

Jamie McIntyre · August 8, 2017 5:07 pm

The Pentagon is establishing no-fly zones for drones over U.S. military bases, and threatening to back it up with lethal force. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

National Security

Private drones flown near US military bases subject to being shot down

Jamie McIntyre · August 7, 2017 5:29 pm

The drone strike was conducted under new authorities granted by President Trump in March, which allow U.S. military forces to go after al-Shabaab within a defined area in Somalia in support of partner forces. (AP Photo/Mohamed Sheikh Nor, File)

National Security

US confirms drone strike killed key terrorist leader in Somalia

Jamie McIntyre · August 4, 2017 5:41 pm

The Secret Service announced it plans to use a small tethered unmanned aircraft system during the president's visit to the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, where he is expected to stay for an extended period of time in August. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Secret Service to test fly drone during Trump’s visit to golf club

Josh Siegel · August 3, 2017 4:40 am

Central Command says less than one-third of 1 percent of engagements resulted in a credible report of an unintended civilian death. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

Pentagon disputes report of 12 civilians a day dying in Trump’s war on ISIS

Jamie McIntyre · July 17, 2017 6:27 pm

Later, as Sandoval, R-Nev., began his speech after receiving the gavel, he thanked Intel for putting together the demonstration. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)

Drone delivers gavel to new National Governors Association chair Brian Sandoval

Daniel Chaitin · July 15, 2017 7:03 pm

Because drones in the U.S. are restricted in where and when they can fly — only during daytime and not above people, for example — the drone industry is limited in the technology's new uses.

Why the drone industry actually wants more regulation

Melissa Quinn · July 10, 2017 4:01 am

Advocates of privatization say the nation's air traffic control system is antiquated and has failed to competently spend millions of dollars provided for modernizing the system. (iStock by Getty Images)

Senate bill ditches Trump plan to privatize air traffic control

Susan Ferrechio · June 22, 2017 9:28 pm

A U.S. F-15 near Al-Tanf, Syria, shot down an Iranian drone where the U.S. is training local fighters to combat the Islamic State. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Matthew Bruch/Released)

National Security

US fighter jet shoots down armed Iranian drone over Syria

Melissa Quinn · June 20, 2017 1:51 pm

The drone dropped what turned out to be a "dud munition," but still had other armaments when it was shot down. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

National Security

Pentagon dances around whether it shot down an Iranian drone

Jamie McIntyre · June 9, 2017 6:51 pm

The U.S. shot down an armed drone and bombed pro-Assad forces on the ground who have violated a U.S.-declared de-confliction zone in southern Syria, a U.S. military spokesman said. The drone dropped a munition and it still had other armaments on it when it was shot down by a U.S. warplane. (AP Photo, File)

National Security

US shoots down armed drone, bombs pro-regime forces in Syria

Jamie McIntyre · June 8, 2017 4:36 pm