Seeking a $54 billion arsenal of killer drones, Pentagon turns to former hobbyists
A company that uses drones to analyze golf course grass. Another linked to a firm that hosts aerial light shows. And one founded by a 23-year-old former drone racing world champion. Any of them, the P...
The ungoverned sky: Drones and the domestic extremist threat
The combination of easy accessibility and payload potential, and the limitations of domestic counter-drone systems, presents a growing challenge.
Drones in Visual Culture / Anna Jackman Converses with Elisa Serafinelli and Lauren Alex O’Hagan about Their Work - ASAP/Review
In recent years, the expansion of camera-laden drones has enabled and ushered in the production and consumption of new visual perspectives. Drone visuals are rapidly becoming part of our sociocultural imaginaries, at once generating distinct images that differ from traditional visual conventions and producing unexpected perspectives of the world that reveal hidden aspects of our surroundings.
Drones are Changing How Wars Harm Civilians
Drones are rapidly changing war. Without global action, their use will lead to greater civilian harm and expand human suffering in conflict.
Some Taiwanese drone math ahead of the Xi-Trump visit
Recalling my visit to Thunder Tiger, a Taiwanese company building “non-China” drones for the U.S. military.
Targeted Small Drone Attacks on Civilians: A Global OSINT Picture
A global OSINT map of targeted small drone attacks on civilians since 2022.
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Al-Estiklal Newspaper
Drones serve as the RSF militia’s tool to entrench its dominance on the ground.
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The war from the sky: How drone warfare is shaping the conflict in Myanmar | ACLED
Since the 2021 coup, aerial warfare has been crucial to the conflict. This report examines the use of drones and provides insights into the strategies of the resistance and military junta.
Drones in the African Battlespaces
C/O Futures Book ReviewLisa J. Campbell22 May 2026Addressing in their book an increasingly prescient topic, the co-editors of Drones in the African Battlespaces, have a background of research in security policy, defense, and global arms concerns. Wayne Stephen Coetzee, a senior lecturer in Political Science at the International Programme in Politics and Economics at the University West in Sweden, has focused his research on security politics, emphasizing the interactions between public and priva
Turkish Drone Strikes: Acts of State Terrorism
Turkey is emerging as one of the leading countries in the world when it comes to using military drones, especially
Living under armed drones: an ethnography of terror and survival in Northeastern Syria - AOAV
An ethnographic study of northeastern Syria reveals how Turkish armed drone strikes between 2019 and 2023 have reshaped daily life, instilling fear, destroying infrastructure, and forcing civilians to adopt survival strategies under constant surveillance and random violence.
Above the law: Drones, aerial vision and the law of armed conflict – a socio-technical approach
Shiri Krebs is Professor of Law and ARC DECRA Fellow, Deakin University, Geel
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General drone-related reading and links from Faine Greenwood.
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A new writing series: Re-envisioning AI safety through global majority perspectives | Brookings
The AI safety movement needs normies
Who gets a seat at the table to decide if frontier AI is safe?
AI existential risk probabilities are too unreliable to inform policy
Learnings from a week in the wet lab — LessWrong
First They Built a Secular Apocalypse Belief System. Now They Want Religious Authority.