U.S. Military Drones Are Causing A Shortage of 700 Combat U.S. Air Force Pilots Required to Meet The Goal of 3,000 Pilots By 2021

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2374394/U-S-Air-Force-facing-Top-Gun-shortfall-700-veterans-combat-pilots-choose-fly-drones-safety-bases-instead.html U.S. Air Force suffers brain drain as Top Guns drop out to fly drones – leaving pilot numbers down by SEVEN HUNDRED By JAMES NYE PUBLISHED: 19:06 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 19:58 EST, 22 July 2013 The U.S. Air Force is struggling to keep its top gun combat pilots as increasing numbers move to the safety of […]

The Rise of Killing Machines: The Use of Armed Drones Is Increasing Worldwide

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2312232/Rise-bomber-robots-The-UK-backed-Predator-just-booming-arsenal-missile-laden-spies-They-kill-indiscriminately-warns-Medea-Benjamin-terrorists-them.html Rise of the bomber robots: The UK-backed Predator is just one of a booming arsenal of missile-laden spies. They kill indiscriminately, warns top expert, and now even the terrorists have them Global drones arms race, spurred by the US, is in full cry In 2000 Pentagon had 50 drones – a decade later that […]

South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham Says American Drones Have Killed 4,700 People, Many Of Whom Were Innocent

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/drones-killed-4-700-u-senator-says-141143752–politics.html  Drones have killed 4,700, U.S. senator says A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. (Eric Gay/AP) Just how many people have America’s drones killed? Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham has put the death toll at 4,700—the first time an American official has publicly put a precise figure […]

The Rise of Killing Machines: Pentagon Promises A Human Will Decide Life and Death Decisions of Combat Robots

 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2239163/Pentagon-issues-promise-head-fears-machine-apocalypse.html A human will always decide when a robot kills you: Pentagon’s ‘reassurance’ over fears of machine apocalypse  Department of Defense policy directive calls for autonomous weapons to be designed so they always need human authorisation to open fire Promise comes after Human Rights Watch report warned that killer robots could be deployed on the […]

Iran Hovercraft Reveals Air Defense System That Launches Missiles And Drones [Video]

http://www.inquisitr.com/396656/iran-hovercraft-reveals-air-defense-system-that-launches-missiles-and-drones-video/ By Patrick Frye Posted: November 12, 2012 The Iran hovercraft was revealed today by Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The Iran hovercraft is an air defense system that serves as a mobile platform to launch surface-to-air missiles and drones. The amphibious craft uses a cushion of air to glide over both land and […]

‘There was a good reason for killing those people, but I go through it in my head over and over and over’: US drone pilots reveal how they target insurgents in Afghanistan from a base 7,000 miles away in New York

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2181222/Drone-pilots-say-intimate-view-Afghan-insurgents-firing-7-000-miles-away.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 14:41 EST, 30 July 2012 | UPDATED: 15:42 EST, 30 July 2012 Colonel D Scott Brenton kills insurgents in Afghanistan from an office 7,000 miles away in suburban Syracuse, New York. Contrary to popular belief, though, the US Air Force officer says piloting a remote-controlled drone gives him a […]

Apple and Google warned about flying ‘military grade spy planes’ over major U.S. cities

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2161981/Apple-Google-warned-flying-military-grade-spy-planes-major-U-S-cities.html Officials met Google on Monday and will meet with Apple on Friday Senator Charles Schumer wants firms to understand privacy concerns He has written to both accusing them of ‘unprecedented invasion of privacy’ By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 03:01 EST, 20 June 2012 | UPDATED: 03:01 EST, 20 June 2012 U.S. officials have warned […]

March of the drones: Map reveals 66 military bases for unmanned aircraft on American soil… and 22 more on the way

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159615/March-drones-Map-reveals-66-military-bases-unmanned-aircraft-American-soil–22-way.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:39 EST, 14 June 2012 | UPDATED: 03:03 EST, 15 June 2012 The US military operated 66 bases for unmanned drone aircraft on American soil and has 22 more planned across the country. A new map released by Public Intelligence, a nonprofit group dedicated publishing public government data, reveals […]

The Washington D.C. ‘UFO’ that turned out to be one of ours: Mystery craft on highway was military drone being transported to air base

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2159401/Solved-UFO-spotted-Washington-D-C-highway-military-drone-being.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 12:28 EST, 14 June 2012 | UPDATED: 16:17 EST, 14 June 2012 Hundreds of people in Washington D.C. got the shock of their lives last night when they saw what they believed to be a UFO being transported across a local highway. The internet exploded with sightings of the […]

‘I count the bodies and watch the funerals… it’s not just like PlayStation’: Disturbing look inside the mind of a drone bomber pilot

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2156758/I-count-bodies-watch-funerals-Disturbing-look-inside-mind-drone-pilot.html By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED: 22:27 EST, 8 June 2012 | UPDATED: 23:06 EST, 8 June 2012 As controversy rages around the U.S. military’s use of drone strikes to assassinate terror suspects, one author has given an unprecedented look at the mindset of a drone pilot. One of the criticisms frequently aired by opponents of […]