Drones
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 08:15
U.S. military documents reveal new information about an American drone base under construction on the outskirts of Agadez, Niger. The long-planned project — considered the most important U.S. military construction effort in Africa — is slated to cost $100 million,
Friday, September 30, 2016 - 07:46
While the revised version is similar in content to the original draft presented to governments last month, it contains nine noticeable additions and four rewrites of existing text.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 - 08:47
Riyadh has signed a contract with Chinese firm Chengdu for an unspecified number of Pterodactyl drones.That could be a problem, since the Saudis are in the midst of a rather nasty war.
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 06:38
South Africa’s UAV and Drone Solutions (UDS) is providing unmanned aerial vehicles to national parks in Zimbabwe and Malawi to combat wildlife poaching.
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 07:20
Over the past decade, the United States (US) and its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) have waged a violent drone campaign in Pakistan, years of what many detractors of America’s drone policy have lumped into the US’ much larger and felonious “dirty wars.” The death toll, as a result of US drones, reached its highpoint in 2010 with approximately 122 strikes made against a long list of militants, operatives, leaders, and suspected terrorist from a wide spectrum of jihadi militant organizations.
Thursday, June 2, 2016 - 05:55
A U.S. air strike last week targeted a senior leader of the al Qaeda-linked militant group al Shabaab in Somalia, but the Pentagon was still assessing the drone strike operation's results, a spokesman said on Wednesday.
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 - 06:53
The U.S. drone strike that killed the Taliban’s top leader as he traveled through Pakistan reflects just how much the U.S. is willing to disregard an ally it increasingly sees as an obstacle to securing peace in Afghanistan.
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 07:09
For the past decade British intelligence has systematically co-operated with US and Yemeni agencies in the covert war against al-Qaeda in Yemen, a VICE News investigation can reveal.
Thursday, April 7, 2016 - 06:30
U.S. aircraft destroyed a car carrying “core al-Qaeda” members in northwestern Syria, Tuesday night, according to Pentagon officials. It is the second strike against the group’s affiliate in Syria in less than 72 hours.
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 06:30
The U.S. military says it has carried out a drone strike against a key member of the al-Shabab extremist group in Somalia. Officials accuse the militant of planning at least two deadly attacks in Mogadishu last year.