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  • Watchkeeper drones scrapped - but will any lessons be learnt?

    Nov 21, 2024 | dronewars.net | Chris Cole

    On Wednesday 20 November, the Defence Secretary John Healey announced in the House of Commons that the UK was scrapping its entire fleet of Watchkeeper drones bringing to an end to the sorry saga of this drone programme. Anyone who has been following the Drone Wars blog over the last 14 years will be well aware of the failings of Watchkeeper.

  • US ramps up spy drone surveillance of Occupied Palestine, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon

    Nov 19, 2024 | dronewars.net | Chris Cole

    With US Global Hawk drones to fly from Gloucestershire, US-UK collaborations are set to increaseThe US military appears to have significantly increased the frequency of its reconnaissance drone missions over Occupied Palestine and neighbouring countries, according to flight tracking information identified by Drone Wars.

  • Drone Wars urges transparency and public oversight of UK military operations at Information Tribunal

    Sep 26, 2024 | dronewars.net | Chris Cole

    Drone Wars appeared before a two-day information tribunal this week seeking to overturn the decision of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to end the release of statistical information on the use of Reaper drones and other armed aircraft on military operations. This information has been a crucial way for the public and parliament to have oversight of UK military action and without the data, it will be much hard to hold the UK to account.

  • Operation Without End: Time to halt UK’s now decade-long air war in Iraq and Syria

    Aug 12, 2024 | dronewars.net | Chris Cole

    New briefing (right) calls for end to UK’s ten year air war in Iraq and Syria. As we reach the tenth anniversary of the deployment of UK armed forces to counter ISIS in Iraq and Syria – known officially as Operation Shader – many may well be surprised at the milestone, thinking that the conflict had long ended.

  • Suspicious omissions: US and Chinese secret space drone missions spark questions and concerns

    Aug 1, 2024 | dronewars.net | Chris Cole

    To what ends might the United States Department of Defence have developed an unmanned,  highly-manoeuvrable ‘spaceplane’? Why have its lengthy missions – lasting as long as two and a half years – been so shrouded in secrecy? And what are China’s intentions for its rival vehicle? These questions and more underpin speculation around the dangers of an unfolding spaceplane race.

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