July 11, 2016 – July 17, 2016 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone A cache of personal documents seized during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound …
2/15/16 – 2/21/16 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone In October, the White House announced that it will deploy a Predator drone unit to Cameroon. We have …
1/25/16 – 1/31/16 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Immediately following the detonation of Gilda at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946, a ghostly fleet of aircraft flew …
1/10/16 – 1/17/16 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A U.S. drone strike in Yemen reportedly killed three members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. The strike targeted a vehicle traveling in Shabwa province. It was …
9/14/15 – 9/20/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Earlier this month, California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a drone bill that, if enacted, would have placed greater restrictions …
7/6/15 – 7/12/15 If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone Max Abrahms, an assistant professor of political science at Northeastern University and a term member at the Council on …
We are pleased to mark the 100th edition of our Weekly Roundup of drone news, commentary and analysis, art, and technology. We sent out the first Roundup almost two years ago to a group of Bard students who were taking our first drone studies class, a human rights seminar. Today, …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone As the aerial view becomes more accessible, questions persist about how to properly read an aerial image. Revisiting Harun Farocki’s Images of …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. At the Center for the Study of the Drone As military drones proliferate, countries are rushing to figure out ways to blast them out of the sky. Lasers have emerged as …
Need to Know provides context and resources to help you get a better understanding of recent developments in the world of drones. By Dan Gettinger, @GettDan Earlier this month, China unveiled a new system to defend against drones: lasers. According to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency, the ultra-accurate lasers can bring …
If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense Forces confirmed that an Israeli drone crashed in southern Lebanon, near the border town of Marjayoun. The drone, a Skylark reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, …
A video posted on YouTube by MediaTown claims to show the devastated area of Al-Shejaiya in Gaza. If you would like to receive the Weekly Roundup in your inbox, please subscribe at the bottom of the page. News The United States has started flying drones and manned spy planes over Syria to …
