Drone Warfare


Welcome to the Unmanned Drone, Surveillance & War Costs Section of the ADC Website.

The United States has embarked on Worldwide and Domestic Drone Programs. Unmanned Drones are being used in foreign countries and in the United States. They carry surveillance cameras, recording equipment, bombs, and other weapon systems.

In recent years the U.S. government has decided to allow the use drones within the borders of the United States. The following government reports, newspaper articles, and other information is provided for your information regarding the expansion and use of unmanned drones worldwide and in the United States.

Many unmanned aerial vehicles now under production vary in size from those as small as your fingetip to as large as full-scale airplanes capable of carrying missiles and bombs. And model radio control small airplanes, cars, and helicopters can be purchased at your local toy stores or hobby shops. The elementary technology has been in existence for more than fifty years. It has only been in more recent times that more sophisticated technology, computers, cameras, listening devices, fuels, lighter and stronger contstruction materials, and other inventions have contributed to new uses for unmanned vehicles (drones).

Unmanned Drones are plagued by crashes, malfuctions, use of defective parts from foreign countries like China, accidents (including hitting other aircraft), loss of control, lost drones, and other problems. Military drones are being tested over land areas in the United States while carrying weapons systems, missiles, bombs, and while using experimental and dangerous fuels, like hydrogen, or powered by nuclear power as is proposed by the U.S. government. The potential for accidents has already been clearly demonstrated in news and government reports over the past few years.

UAV / Drone Wars, Surveillance, (including Spy Satellite usage), have broad implications regarding our civil rights, human rights, privacy, and constitutional issues which have not been addressed at this time. Do we want to live in a society which has no privacy and no civil rights under our U.S. Constitution? Do we want to live in a police state?

Many manufacturers and the U.S. government promote the idea that unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), have only beneficial uses to entice the American people to accept their use within our borders without question. The majority of expanding unmanned drone uses are growing exponentially and are being used as war weapons, for police activities, and surveillance at taxpayer expense.

U.S. Department of Defense July 2012 Report: http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dsb/autonomy.pdf

The ADC invites you to become informed about this issue. Our elected officials are rubber-stamping their usage without public debate. It is time for us to have this debate.

U.S. Constitution – Amendment 4 – Search and Seizure:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.”


General Information on Drones & UAVs

New York Times Article on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Drones) June 19, 2011 – Articles – Video & Graphics – “War Evolves With Drones…Some Tiny as Bugs” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/world/20drones.html?_r=2

517A 1 2012 Counterfeit Military Parts Pose Significant Safety Risks-Senator Carl Levin CNN Video+Report May 22, 2012.pdf

517A 2 2011 From Blimps to Bugs The Miniaturization of Drone Technnology NYTimes June 19, 2011 Graphics.pdf

517A 2 2011 Protecting Privacy from Aerial Surveillance-Recommendation for U.S. Government Use of Drone Aircraft DEC 2011 ACLU Report.pdf

517A 2 2011 Report on Domestic Drones Find Need for New Privacy Protections ACLU December 15, 2011.pdf

517A 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-Some as Tiny as Bugs Article & Photographs NYTimes June 19, 2011 Drone Slide Show.pdf

517A 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-Some as Tiny as Bugs Article & Photographs NYTimes June 19, 2011 Entire Article.pdf

517A 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-Some as Tiny as Bugs Article & Photographs NYTimes June 19, 2011 Page 1.pdf

517A 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-The Changing Shape of Airpower NYTimes June 19, 2011 Graphics.pdf

517AN 1 2012 Almost 1-in-3 U.S. Warplanes is a Robot January 9, 2012 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517A 3 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary Gates-Pentagon Budget $$$ War Costs-Lasers Not Working but Funded NYTimes May 16, 2010.pdf

U.S. Navy Boardman Range Complex – State of Oregon

Draft Environmental Impact Statement could be issued at any time to allow the expansion of a Drone and UAV warfare testing range which is part of the U.S. Navy NWTRC (Northwest Training Range Complex – Northern California-Oregon-Washington-Idaho)

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon Documents and References Website January 25, 2012.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon Importance of Study Area Website March 29, 2012.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon Notice of Intent Revised Website March 29, 2012 Revised.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon NWSTF Oregon Home Website March 29, 2012 http___nwstfboardmaneis.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon Revised Special Use Airspace Figure Website March 29, 2012 Enlargement.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon Revised Special Use Airspace Figure Website March 29, 2012.pdf

517B 1 2012 U.S. Navy Boardman Range Maps NWSTF Operating+Restrict Areas- U.S. Navy+Oregon Proposed Action Map May 2012.pdf

517B 2 2011 U.S. Navy Hope for Carrier-Based Drone Takes Flight-October 10, 2011 Innovation News.pdf

517B 3 2010 U.S. Navy Boardman Oregon FACT SHEET NWSTF Proposed Actions+Alternatives EIS Information October 2010.pdf

517BN 1 2012 U.S. Navy $176Million Drone Crashes in Maryland March June 11, 2012 USA Today News.pdf

517BN 1 2012 U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator Aircraft-Drone Crashes in Maryland June 11, 2012 WBOC News.pdf

517BN 1 2012 U.S. Navy Drone Crashes in Maryland CNN June 11, 2012 Photographs+Video Links CNN News.pdf

517BN 1 2012 U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk Drone Crashes in Maryland CNN News June 11, 2012 Crash Site MAP.pdf

517BN 1 2012 U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk Drone Crashes in Maryland CNN News June 11, 2012.pdf

517BN 2 2011 U.S. Navy Boardman Range and Boardman Wind Project Collide September 24, 2011 Oregonian News http___www.wind-watch.pdf

517BN 2 2011 U.S. Navy Boardman-Aerial Drone Testing Proposed for Central Oregon The Daily Astorian Oregon December 1, 2011.pdf

517BN 2 2011 U.S. Navy Boardman-Oregon Pilots Fear Losing Airspace to Drone Tests January 18, 2011 Gazette Times News.pdf

517BN 2 2011 U.S. Army Orders First Suicide Drones September 6, 2011 Innovations News Daily.pdf

517BN 2 2011 U.S. Navy Hope for Carrier-Based Drone Takes Flight October 10, 2011 Innovation News.pdf

517BN 3 2010 Aerial Drone Testing Proposed for Central Oregon December 2, 2010 AP-Valley+State News-Bend Oregon.pdf

517BN 4 2009 New Drone Systems Developed by U.S. Military to be Tested in Utah at Dugway May 11, 2009.pdf

517BR 1 2012 U.S. Navy Experimental X-47B Drone-Development Graphic+Features JAN 28, 2012 Los Angeles Times-No Pilot-No Problem.pdf

517BR 2 2011 U.S. Navy UFO-Like Stealth Drone Takes Flight October 11, 2011 Fox News.pdf

517BX 2 2011 U.S. Navy-Department of Defense-Unmanned Systems Integrated Roadmap FY2011-2036 Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517BX 3 2010 USGS Atmospheric Sampling Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAV_Equipment.pdf

You will find more information on Unmanned Drones in Oregon by Visiting this U.S. Navy Link: http://www.warcosts.net/u-s-navy-pacific-warfare-testing-ranges/

California

517C 3 2010 Killer Drones Converge on California Ready to Take Off Wired Science News December 21, 2010.pdf

517C 6 2007 NASA Drone Fights Wildfires October 24, 2007 Aviation Week News.pdf

U.S. Navy – DARPA- U.S. Navy NRL & ONR Information

517D 1 2012 DARPA Doubling Down on Spy Technologies April 18, 2012 National Defense NDIA News.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA Anti-Submarine_Warfare_(ASW)_Continuous_Trail_Unmanned_Vessel_(ACTUV) Website May 28, 2012.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA ASW Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel ACTUV TTO Phases 2 through 4 December 13, 2012 DARPA-BAA-12-19.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA-Beyond Surveillance DARPA Wants a thinking Camera January 5, 20122 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA Images Website May 28, 2012 ACTUV.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA Large_ACTUV Website may 28, 2012.pdf

517D 2 2011 U.S. Goverment Solicitation Number DARPA-BAA-12-19 Anti-Submarine Wafare ASW Unmanned Vessel DEC 13, 2011.pdf

517D 3 2010 U.S. Navy Unmanned U.S. Frigates to Stalk Submarines February 4, 2010 PhysOrg.com News.pdf

517D 1 2012 DARPA_Titanium_Initiative_(DTI) Website March 20, 2012.pdf

517D 2 2011 DARPA-U.S. Department of Defense Unclassified DARPA Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates-Summary.pdf

517D 2 2012 DARPA AWS Tactical Technology Office TTO December 13, 2011 DARPA-BAA-12-19.pdf

517D 3 2010 DARPA ASW ACTUV Program February 16, 2010 Announcement+General Information-Submarines-Unmanned Naval Vessels.pdf

517D 3 2010 DARPA Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle Mission Lost After Nine Minutes April 29, 2010 News .pdf

517D 3 2010 DARPA Transformer TX-Vertical Takeoff+Landing Roadable Air Vehicle April 12, 2010 TX_BAA_Version_62_&_Appendix_A.pdf

517D 4 2009 DARPA Special Projects Office September 2009 NSC Novel Satellite Communications-What Harm to Marine Mammals.pdf

517D 4 2009 DARPA-SAIC Awarded DARPA Contract+U.S. Air Force Machine Reading System July 7, 2009.pdf

517DC 1 2012 DARPA Defense Sciences Office Chemical_Robots-Chembots Website March 20, 2012.pdf

517DC 4 2012 DARPA Defense Sciences Office Chemical_Robots-Chembots Website March 20, 2012.pdf

517DG 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Awarded a U.S. Navy Study UAS Contract August 16, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517DG 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Demonstrates SAR-Based Maritime ISR Capabilities U.S. Navy Trident Warrior OCT 4, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517DN 1 2012 Inside U.S. Navy NRL Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research March 14, 2012 Website.pdf

517DN 3 2010 U.S. Navy NRL Press Release DEC 28, 2010 Working to Build+Operate Underwater Robots http___www.nrl.navy.pdf

517DR 1 2012 U.S. Navy ONR Drone-Autonomy for Large Teams of Collaborating Systems Programs Website March 18, 2012.pdf

517DR 1 2012 U.S. Navy ONR Scientists Bring Undersea Vehicles to Light Press Release February 16, 2012.pdf

517DR 1 2012 U.S. Navy ONR-Robotics-LASR-Lab-Speed-Technology Website April 9, 2012 Press Release Office of Naval Research.pdf

517DR 3 2010 U.S. Navy ONR-guided Tech Tracks What is Inside Ships-Wireless Surveillance of People, etc. April 1, 2010 News PHYSORG.pdf

517DS 6 2007 DARPA Sonic Projector June 5, 2007 Wired Science http___www.wired The Next Voices You Hear.pdf

517DU 1 2012 U.S. Navy-AAI Unmanned Vessel Could Soon be Working for U.S. Navy April 12, 2012.pdf

517DU 4 2009 U.S. Navy Website on Antisubmarine-Warfare Search August 2009 DARPA+Acoustics-DARPA.pdf

517DZ 3 2010 Aviation Week DARPA-Humvee That Flies-Takes Off+Lands April 16, 2012.pdf

Edgewood Chemical-Biological Center

517E 4 2009 ISIMS-MUAV Integration+Test-Miniaturized Ion Mobility Spectrometer in a UAV-Edgewood Chemical Biological Center APL-SAIC.pdf

FAA & USGS Information – Drone & UAV Related Information

517F 1 2012 FAA Budget Estimates-Performance Plans Archive Website June 10, 2012 U.S. Department of Transportation.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Budget Information Website June 10, 2012 http___www.faa.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA COA_Sponsor_List_April 24, 2012 Website Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Delays new Rules for Operating Small Drones in U.S. Airspace January 31, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Drone COA Status April 16, 2012 Entire Listing Under FOIA.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Drone Testing Could Soon Fly in Florida-Other U.S. Sites-Phantom Eye Drone Boeing June 1, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Grants Experimental Permit to Virgin Galactic-Rocket Powered Flight Tests-May 30, 2012 Washington Times http.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Intends to Identify Six Test Ranges+Sites to Integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS-NAS Public Comment May 5, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Makes Progress With UAS Integration Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Moves Toward Allowing Unmanned Drones in U.S. Airspace March 8, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Press Release-FAA Asks for Public Input on UAS Test Site Selection March 7, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Questions+Answers UAS Test Site Selection March 2012 Website http___www.faa.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Releases List of Drone Certificates-Many Questions Left Unanswered April 19, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Seeks Public Comments on Test Sites for Drones in U.S. Airspace March 8, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Website May 22, 2012 http___www.faa.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Website Section June 10, 2012 http___www.faa.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA-Drone Aircraft Move Closer to Flying in U.S. Civilian Airspace Bloomberg News March 8, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA-Drones in Your Neighborhood-Spy Planes Exposed-FAA Reveals 63 Launch Sites Across U.S. April 24, 2012 MailOnline News.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA-Six Test Ranges-Integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems into NAS Website March 9, 2012 General Information Website.pdf

517F 1 2012 FAA-U.S. Federal Register Unmanned Aircraft System Test sites March 9, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 Organizations that Have Sought to Use Drones Washington Post April 20, 2012.pdf

517F 1 2012 Pentagon Working With FAA to Open U.S. Airspace to Combat Drones February 13, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517F 1 2012 The Growing U.S. Drone Fleet Article+Graphic May 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517F 2 2011 FAA Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Justifications Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517F 2 2011 The Growing U.S. Drone Fleet December 23, 2011 Washington Post Graphic.pdf
517FG 1 2012 U.S.GS National Unmanned Aircraft System UAS Project Office Website May 22, 2012.pdf
517FZ 1 2012 FAA Budget Estimates Fiscal Year 2013 Website June 10, 2012.log

U.S. GAO & CRS Congressional Reports on Drones – UAVs – UAs

517G 1 2012 GAO-12-434-Federal Protective Service-Better Data-Facility Jurisdictions Needed-State+Local Police-March 2012 Report.pdf

517G 1 2012 GAO-12-660T FAA Aviation Safety-FAA-Taking Steps to Improve Data-Challenges- Managing Risks Remain Report April 25, 2012.pdf

517G 1 2012 U.S. Congressional Research Service U.S. Unmanned Aerial Systems January 3, 2012 Report R42136.pdf

517G 1 2012 U.S. CRS Congressional Research Service-Unmanned Aerial Systems January 3, 2012 R42136.pdf

517G 1 2012 U.S. GAO Report on Foreign Police Assistance May 2012.pdf

517G 10 2003 U.S. Congressional Research Service Unmanned Aerial Vehicles April 25, 2003 RL31872.pdf

517G 14 1970 U.S. GAO-U.S. Navy Adverse Effects of Producing Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopters Report to U.S. Congress DEC 31, 1970.pdf

517G 14 1993 U.S. GAO Report-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-Performance of Short-Range System Still in Question December 1993.pdf

517G 3 2010 U.S. GAO-10-331 Unmanned Aircraft Systems_ Comprehensive Planning+Training Strategy Needed to Support-Report March 2010.pdf

517G 5 2008 GAO-08-511 Unmanned Aircraft Systems-Federal Actions+Expand Potential Uses National Airspace System Report May 2008.pdf

517G 7 2006 U.S. GAO Report-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles-Improved Strategic+Acquisition Planning-Challenges March 9, 2006.pdf

517G 9 2004 U.S. GAO-04-530T Report UAV Major Management Issues-Development+Fielding Efforts-Drones Website March 17, 2004 Report.pdf

517G 9 2004 U.S. GAO-04-530T Summary Major Management Issues-Development+Fielding Efforts-Drones Website March 17, 2004.pdf

Health – Bioeffects of Selected Non-lethal Weapons

517H 7 2006 U.S. Army Bioeffects of Selected Nonlethal Weapons 1998 Study Addendum NGIC-1147-101-1998+2006 U.S. Army Letter.pdf

Drone Problems – Crashes & Other Information

517I 1 2012 Drone Attacks Create Terrorist Safe Havens Warns Former CIA Official June 5, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517I 1 2012 Drone Crash Database Updated June 1, 2012 by Drone Wars UK http___dronewarsuk.wordpress.pdf

517I 1 2012 Hawaii Department of Transportation Mistake-Purchased Unusable Drone Aircraft With Federal Money April 9, 2012 Hawaii News.pdf

517I 1 2012 NATO Confirms U.S. Navy Drone Helicopter Crashed in Libya June 21, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517I 1 2012 Training Missile Drops from Helicopter Homes Evacuated in TEXAS May 16, 2012 5NBC News www.nbcdfw.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Army Aging Kiowa Vertical Unmanned Aerial Systems Among Aviation Challenges January 13, 2012 Website http___www.army.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Drone Crashes in Seychelles on the Main Island of Mahe April 5, 2012 Second Drone Crash in that Area Reuters News.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Navy Drone Crashes in Maryland-What Was a Drone Doing Over Maryland-June 12, 2012 Washington Times.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Navy Grounds Helicopter Drones After Two Crashes in a Week April 10, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Navy Loses Giant Drone in Maryland Crash June 11, 2012 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Navy RQ-4A Global Hawk Drone Crashes in Maryland CNN News June 11, 2012.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Navy Spy Drone-Searcher II Crashed in India-February 17, 2012 The Times of India.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Predator Drones Have Yet to Prove Their Worth on Mexico-U.S. Border April 28, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517I 1 2012 U.S. Suspends Seychelles Drone Flight After Crashes April 10, 2012 Aviation Week News-Reuters.pdf

517I 2 2011 Brookings Report-Cyber-Physical Attacks+Drone Strikes=Next Homeland Security Threat July 5, 2011.pdf

517I 2 2011 ISAF Remotely Piloted Aircraft Crashes in Eastern Afghanistan June 28, 2011.pdf

517I 2 2011 MQ-9 Reaper Crashed Alamogordo Daily News Report October 7, 2011.pdf

517I 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Remotely Operated Aircraft Crashes at Holloman AFB Texas August 24, 2011 News http___www.kfoxtv.pdf

517I 2 2011 U.S. DHS Does Not Want Its New Spy Drones November 1, 2011 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517I 2 2011 U.S. Military Loses Contact with Hypersonic Falcon Aircraft Space Travel News August 11, 2011.pdf

517I 2 2011 U.S. Stealth Drone that Crashed in Iran was on CIA Reconnaissance Mission DEC 6, 2011 CNN News.pdf

517I 2 2011 Undated Photograph of an RQ170 Sentinel Drone at Kandahar Afghanistan-Drone Crashed in Iran NYTimes DEC 8, 2011.pdf

517I 3 2010 DARPA Falcon Hypersonic Test Vehicle Mission Lost After Nine Minutes April 29, 2010 News .pdf

517I 3 2010 Mexican UAV Crashes in Texas December 17, 2010 Aviation Week News.pdf

517I 3 2010 MQ-1 Predator Crashed-Holloman U.S. Air Force Base New Mexico October 22, 2012.pdf

517I 3 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary Gates-Pentagon Budget $$$ War Costs-Lasers Not Working but Funded NYTimes May 16, 2010.pdf

517I 3 2010 U.S. Investigates After Mysterious Mexican Government Drone Crashes in Texas DEC 18, 2010 DailyMail News.pdf

517I 3 2012 Shadow Drone Tops UAV Crash List Between 2004 and November 5, 2010.pdf

517IZ 5 2008 X-Plane Crashes-Book California High Desert X-Plane Heritage November 11, 2008 Aviation Week.pdf

Radar & Other Drone Issues

517J 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Demonstrates Aerostat Equipped-Maritime Radar With Electro-Optical-Infrared Sensor NOV 18, 2011.pdf

517J 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Demonstrates SAR-Based Maritime ISR Capabilities U.S. Navy Trident Warrior-OCT 4, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517J 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Support of the Army Warfighter Continue to Grow-UAS Radar Program MUSIC Press Release OCT 25, 2011.pdf

517J 2 2011 Unmanned Aircraft-Firefighters Aerial Reconnaissance UAV Predator B Using SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar Mapping July 1, 2011.pdf

Newspaper Articles

517J 8 2005 Boeing-U.S. Navy Sea-Based X-Band Radar SBX-U.S. Missile Defense Midcourse Defense Systems July 16, 2005 Gulf of Mexico.pdf

517K 1 2012 Almost 1-in-3 U.S. Warplanes is a Robot January 9, 2012 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517K 1 2012 American Murderous Drone Campaign is Fueling Terror May 29, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517K 1 2012 Aviation Today-Regional Jets Crowd Skies-Squeeze Fliers USA Today June 14, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 Conservative Turn Criticize Domestic Drone Use May 17, 2012 Salon.com News http___www.salon.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drone News in 2012 from Wired News Danger Room June 24, 2012 http___www.wired.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones Are Unlawful and Dangerous Editorial USA Today.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drone Journalism Takes Office February 21, 2012 ABC News-See Nano-Drone Video.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drone Journalism-Businesses+Policing-The Pilotless Aircraft Could Soon Fill U.S. Skies Washington Post FEB 21, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones Coming to a Sky Near You Huffington Post April 1, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones Coming to a Sky Near You as Interest Surges April 1, 2012 Washington Times News http___www.washingtontimes.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones New Weapon-Public Relations by American Drone Industry May 22, 2012 Salon.com http___www.salon.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones Over U.S. Get OK from U.S. Congress Under FAA Reauthorization Act FEB 7, 2012 Washington Times.pdf

517K 1 2012 Drones-Pilotless Will Seek Pirates at Sea-Multi-Mode Sensor Seeker April 5, 2012 Terra Daily News.pdf

517K 1 2012 Editorial-Land of the Drones-U.S. Government Gaining Ground in the Sky May 21, 2012 High Tech Surveillance Goes Local.pdf

517K 1 2012 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Drones May 31, 2012 ProPublica.pdf

517K 1 2012 Florida Hopes to Fill its Skies with Unmanned Aircraft USA Today June 23, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 General Atomics GA-ASI Announces Second Predator C Avenger UAS Completes Successful First Flight FEB 7, 2012 Press Release.pdf

517K 1 2012 General Atomics GA-ASI Introduced TARS for Unmanned Aircraft Radar Simulator Press Release March 5, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 General Atomics GA-ASI Unveils New Enhanced Endurance Designs for Predator B Drone April 18, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 General Atomics-High Technology Systems Website General Information Drones Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 Inside American Drone Headquarters BBCNews U.S.+Canada April 4, 2012-New Mexico Air Force Base.pdf

517K 1 2012 Military Uses Drone Helicopter on Supply Mission in Afghanistan for the First Time JAN 9, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517K 1 2012 New Drone Capable of Multi-Day Flights Tested at Edwards AFB June 4, 2012 Stars+Stripes News.pdf

517K 1 2012 Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope NuSTAR X-Ray Space Launched-Orbital Sciences Corp-NASA News June 13, 2012 UPINews.pdf

517K 1 2012 Pew Survey Finds U.S. Drone Program Unpopular Around the World AP+Washington Post June 12, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 Police Drones are Already in the U.S. June 24, 2012 Website http___defensetech.pdf

517K 1 2012 Reining in the Rumor About EPA Using Drones-EPA Uses Small Piloted Aircraft Not Drones June 16, 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517K 1 2012 South Caroline Activist Drone UAV Shot Down by Gun Enthusiasts February 23, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 The Bloody Consequences of Military Hubris-U.S. Celebrates D-Day While Drones Wage War June 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517K 1 2012 The Drones Are Coming to America-U.S. Congress Opened U.S. Airspace to the Drone Industry April 10, 2012 Salon.com News.pdf

517K 1 2012 The Rise of the Killer Drones-How America Goes to War in Secret by Hastings-Rolling Stone April 16, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 The Safety Concerns of Domestic UAVs-Fear the Zombie Drone May 8, 2012 Salon.com News http___www.salon.pdf

517K 1 2012 United Nations Investigator Called on Obama Administration on Legality of Drone War June 21, 2012 News http___news.antiwar.pdf

517K 1 2012 Unmanned Drones Flying in the United States Video Interview Darrin McBreen & R. Peterson INFOWARS.COM June 14, 2012.pdf

517K 1 2012 U.S. Citizens Sleepwalking into Drone Wars-Unaware of Consequences-Extremist Backlash Abroad June 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517K 1 2012 U.S. Drone Targets in Yemen Raise Questions June 2, 2012 Washington Post News-New Broad Definition of Terrorism Being Used.pdf

517K 1 2012 U.S. Navy Drone BAMS-D Crashes-Northrop to Unveil Newer Model on Thursday-June 11, 2012 News http___defense.aol.pdf

517K 2 2011 Coming Soon The Drone Arms Race October 8, 2011 NYTimes.pdf

517K 2 2011 Drone Crash in Iran Reveals Secret U.S. Surveillance Effort Over Iran December 7, 2011 NYTimes.pdf

517K 2 2011 Drones-The Next Generation January 13, 2011 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517K 2 2011 Droning on in Montgomery County=Unmanned Aircraft Could be Mounted with Weapons OCT 29, 2011 News+Video.pdf

517K 2 2011 Micro-Aircraft improves avionic Systems+Sensors April 6, 2011 SDNews.pdf

517K 2 2011 Predator Drones+Unmanned Aerial Vehicles NYTimes August 12, 2011 News Articles-Listing http___topics.nytimes.pdf

517K 2 2011 What is this Wrapped Object That Traveled Through Kansas December 19, 2011 Huffington Post Video.pdf

517K 2 2012 Engineers Fly World’s First Printed Aircraft July 28, 2011 SDNews.pdf

517K 2 2012 Rise of the Drone From CA Garage to Multi$Billion-Dollar Defense Industry December 23, 2012 The Washington Post.pdf

517K 2 2011 U.S. Navy UFO-Like Stealth Drone Takes Flight October 11, 2011 Fox News.pdf

517K 3 2010 Boeing Unveils Unmanned Phantom Ray Demonstrator May 11 2010 SpaceWarNews.pdf

517K 3 2010 U.S. Navy Unmanned U.S. Frigates to Stalk Submarines February 4, 2010 PhysOrg.com News.pdf

517K 3 2010 U.S. Navy Readies $6Million Facility in Rhode Island-Developing UAVs to Attack Submarines Associated Press October 31, 2010.pdf

517K 4 2009 Unmanned Aircraft map Northern Wildfires-University of Alaska August 11, 2009 SDNews.pdf

517K 8 2005 USA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap 2005-2030 August 29, 2005 Article http___www.defenseindustrydaily.pdf

517KZ 7 2006 U.S. Navy Postgraduate School Strategic Insights by Gormley July 2006 The Case of Unmanned Air Vehicles as Terrorist Weapons.pdf

Miscellaneous Information

517M 1 2012 FAS Drone UAV+UAS Sources+Resources+Links Website June 11, 2012.pdf

517M 1 2012 General Atomics GA-ASI Successfully Tests Due Regard Radar Aboard Manned Aircraft-Sets Stage for Unmanned Use FEB 22, 2012.pdf

517M 1 2012 Honeywell T-Hawk_Brochure.pdf

Nuclear Powered Drones

(What Happens When They Crash or Malfunction While Carrying War Weapons?)

There are also issues about Hydrogen Fueled Drones – Explosion Drawbacks

517N 1 2012 Benefits of Nuclear UAVs May 1, 2012 Defense Technology International-Aviation Week News.pdf

517N 1 2012 General Atomics Website June 10, 2012 Nuclear Technologies-Aeronautical Systems-Drones Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517N 1 2012 U.S. Draws up Plans for Nuclear Powered Drones Guardian.co.uk April 4, 2012 News.pdf

517N 1 2012 U.S. Military Combines Green+Mean to Dry Drones-Ships+Aircraft on Biofuels-Testing Underway.pdf

517N 1 2012 U.S. Military Using Lightweight Mini-Drones Launched From Battlefield June 12, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517N D 2012 DARPA Doubling Down on Spy Technologies April 18, 2012 National Defense NDIA News.pdf

517NZ 2 2011 The Polywell Nuclear Reactor Website July 4, 2011 The Real Polywell-U.S. Navy Contract+Research Experiment.pdf

Unmanned Aerial Drones – Increasing Use by Local Police Departments

American taxpayers are subsiding the purchasing of drones or UAVs by local police departments at a tremendous cost – manpower to run the computers, fuel and repair costs (parts and labor), human training costs, weather problems, night vision technologies cost money and will use manpower during night use…and this means fewer policemen on the beat to respond to citizen complaints, crimes, and other issues. And this will mean an increase in airborne domestic surveillance.

517P 1 2012 Alabama Police Chief Discovered His DEPT Has Two Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Which Haven’t Been Used Gadsden Times News.pdf

517P 1 2012 Drone Use Takes Off on the Home Front April 21, 2012 The Wall Street Journal.pdf

517P 1 2012 Miami-Dade Police Department Releases Information about its Drone Program-Will FAA Follow Suit-April 13, 2012.pdf

517P 2 2011 New York Police Use Military Megaphone for OWS November 18, 2011 News Long Range Acoustical Device.pdf

517P 1 2012 Police Departments Wait for FAA Clearance to Fly Drones April 30, 2012 McClatchy-Tribune News.pdf

517P 1 2012 Seattle Police Officers+Vehicle Entering a Seattle Neighborhood-Note Military Look of Police NYTimes June 2, 2012 APPhoto.pdf

517P 2 2011 Military Drones-Entering U.S. Air Space-Surveillance Tool for Law Enforcement in America January 23, 2011 The Washington Post.pdf

517P 2 2011 Police Employ Predator Drone Spy Planes on Home Front December 10, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517P 2 2011 Police Ready for War in U.S. December 21, 2011 Center for Investigative Reporting.pdf

517P 2 2011 Spying-Welcome to Video Drone Justice October 29, 2011 Texas Style Grits for Breakfast News.pdf

517P 6 2007 U.S. Law Enforcement Getting Access to New Secret Imagery MSNBC News Domestic Use of Spy Satellites to Widen.pdf

NASA & NOAA

517Q 1 2012 NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Website May 22, 2012 http___uas.noaa.pdf

517Q 2 2011 NOAA FY 2012 Request for Proposal Supporting NOAA-Unmanned Aircraft System Technology December 13, 2011 FYI Budget.pdf

517Q 2 2011 NOAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems+Fiscal Year 2012-Call for Proposal Process WebinarPresentation.pdf

517Q 3 2010 U.S. Navy NRL Press Release DEC 28, 2010 Working to Build+Operate Underwater Robots http___www.nrl.navy.pdf

The increase scale and use of Robots, Balloons, Eye-Bots & All Sized Surveillance & Other Types of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.

517R 1 2012 Ethical Considerations of Military-Funded Neuroscience March 20, 2012 SDNews-Ethics Need Debate.pdf

517R 1 2012 Flying 3-D Eye-Bots=Street Imaging Systems-Flawless Aerobatics-Prevent Collisions May 3, 2012 SD News.pdf

517R 1 2012 Flying 3D Eye-Bots for Surveillance+Drones Space Mart Website May 17, 2012 Intelligent Swarms of Aerial Drones.pdf

517R 1 2012 New Drone Has No Pilot-Who is Accountable Los Angeles Times January 26, 2012.pdf

517R 1 2012 Robots Fighting Wars Could be Blamed for Mistakes on the Battlefield-Ethical Questions April 23, 2012 SDNews.pdf

517R 1 2012 Spy Balloons Become Part of the Afghanistan Landscape Stirring Unease NYTimes May 12, 2012.pdf

517R 1 2012 Spy Balloons Become Part of the Afghanistan Landscape Stirring Unease NYTimes May 12, 2012 Entire Article.pdf

517R 1 2012 U.S. Navy Smart Robocopters Will Spy You in the Crowd-Unmanned-Sensor-Target-Recognition Press Release April 5, 2012.pdf

517R 2 2011 Look-Giant Spy Blimp Dwarfs an 18-Wheeler-Carries More Spy Equipment October 7, 2011 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517R 2 2011 Researchers Use Common Cockroach to Fine-Time Robots of the Future FEB 7, 2012 SDNews.pdf

517R 2 2011 Top 10 Robot Stories of 2011-Intorduction December 22, 2012 Innovation News Daily.pdf

517R 3 2010 Evergreen Aviation Partners With Prioria Robotics-Maverick UAV Press Release June 7, 2010.pdf

517R 3 2010 Hop-Jump+Stick-Robots Designed With Insect Instincts June 24, 2010 SDNews.pdf

517R 3 2010 UK-Rise of the Robots and the Future of War November 20, 2010 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517R 4 2009 A Drone For Security and Safety from European Researchers May 29, 2009 SDNews.pdf

517R 4 2009 Flight and Rescue Robots Demonstrated Their Abilities July 3, 2009 SDNews.pdf

517R 5 2008 Killer Military Robots Pose Latest threat to Humanity-Robotics Expert Warns FEB 26, 2008 SDNews.pdf

517R 5 2008 Micro Air Vehicle-Three Gram Dragonfly Takes Flight July 22, 2008 SDNews.pdf

517R 5 2008 Military Use of Robots Increases August 4, 2008 SDNews.pdf

517R 5 2008 Mobile Phone Technology Brings Robot Swarm to Research Labs AUG 5, 2008 SDNews.pdf

517R 5 2008 Professor Designs Plasma-Propelled Flying Saucer June 11, 2008 SDNews-University of Florida.pdf

517R 5 2008 Robots Ready to Support Soldiers on the Battlefield-Many Technologies June 25, 2008 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

 

Surveillance & Spying Issues

517S 1 2012 Are Drones Watching You January 10, 2012.pdf

517S 1 2012 Boeing Video Series on The Phantom Eye-Eye in the Sky Surveillance-New Drones Website June 11, 2012.pdf

517S 1 2012 Do Drones Undermine Democracy January 21, 2012 by Singer NYTimes THE ANSWER IS YES.pdf

517S 1 2012 Here’s Looking at You-Should We Worry About the Rise of the Drone by Paumgarten May 14, 2012 The New Yorker.pdf

517S 1 2012 Honeywell T-HAWK Unmanned Micro UAV-Hover-Stare Capability-Surveillance-All Weather-Day+Night June 10, 2012 See Video.pdf

517S 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Drones Can Now Spy on You Wired Science News May 8, 2012 http___www.wired.pdf

517S 1 2012 U.S. DHS Uses Wartime Mega-Camera to Watch Border April 2, 2012 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517S 2 2011 Domestic Use of Aerial Drones by Law Enforcement Likely to Promote Privacy Debate January 23, 2011 Washington Post.pdf

517S 2 2011 Giant Spy Blimp Battle Could Decide Surveillance Future July 6, 2011 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517S 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Gorgon Drone-Can See Everything January 2, 2011 Washington Post.pdf

517S 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Gorgon Drone-We Can See Everything Washington Post January 2, 2011.pdf

517S 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-Some Tiny as Bugs for Spying+Other Purposes U.S. Air Force NYTimes June 19, 2011 Entire Article.pdf

517S 2 2011 War Evolves With Drones-Some Tiny as Bugs for Spying+Other Purposes U.S. Air Force NYTimes June 19, 2011 Page 1.pdf

517S 2 2011 With U.S. Air Force Gorgon Drone We Can See Everything January 2, 2011 Washington Post.pdf

517S 2 2011-2012 U.S. Air Force Gorgon Drone Spying January 2, 2012 Washington Post-Note Graphic.pdf

517S 2 2012 War Evolves With Drones-Some Tiny as Bugs NYTimes June 19, 2011 Entire Article.pdf

517S 3 2010 CNN News-Smart Dust Sensors Aims to Monitor Everything-Labs-Tech Future Military Spying May 3, 2010.pdf

517S 3 2010 Obama Administration The Drone and Spying War December 16, 2010 Wired News.pdf

517S 3 2010 U.S. Military Turns to TV for Surveillance Technology to Catalog Drone Information June 7, 2010 Los Angeles Times.pdf

Manufacturers & Contractors (List Not Complete)

Many manufacturers are requesting permission or have been granted permission to sell unmanned aerial vehicles to other countries for commercial use…the problem is that they can be weaponized very easily…and used against the U.S. This will have the impact of making Americans less secure than ever before…as detection will become almost impossible due to size, materials, and stealth capabilities. The U.S. has already lost drones in other countries and it won’t be long before many countries worldwide have this technology.

The United States is now, at taxpayer expense, going to arm NATO drones and unmanned aerial vehicles. It won’t be long before other countries will be selling this hardware and software to other foreign countries. The U.S. is setting up drone bases in South America and Africa – continuing to enrich the drone manufacturers.

517T 1 2012 AUVSI International News June 12, 2012 Promoting Unmanned Vehicle Systems Website http___www.auvsi.pdf

517T 1 2012 Northop Seeks Easing of Export Controls on Drones April 30, 2012 Aviation Week News-Reuters.pdf

517T 1 2012 Northrop to Unveil Newer Drone Model After U.S. Navy Drone Crashes-June 11, 2012 Defense.aol.com News.pdf

517T 2 2011 AeroVironment Exhibits Military Drones Article+Video Washington Post December 23, 2011.pdf

517T 2 2011 Boeing Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered Spy Plane Unveiled BBC Unmanned-To Be Tested in 2011.pdf

517T 2 2011 General Atomics Awarded U.S. Navy UAS-UCLASS Surveillance Support Program for Carriers August 16, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517T 2 2011 General Atomics CBP Unmanned Aircraft Reach 10,000 flight Hours-UAS June 3, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517T 2 2011 General Atomics GA-ASI Completes key Wind Tunnel Test on U.S. Navy Sea Avenger UAS Model FEB 15, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517T 3 2010 Boeing Phantom Eye Hydrogen-Powered Spy Plane Unveiled BBC News July 14, 2010.pdf

517T 4 2009 Defense Contractors List May 14, 2009 Source Watch Website.pdf

517T 4 2009 SAIC Awarded DARPA Contract+U.S. Air Force Machine Reading System July 7, 2009.pdf

U.S. Air Force

517U 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Drone Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report 052212_ACC_MQ-1_AIB.pdf

517U 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Instruction 11-502-Volume 3 Small Unmanned Aircraft System Operations April 26, 2012 Compliance Mandatory.pdf

517U 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Will Use Raven Drones to Scan Area-Vandenberg Rocket Launches Spy Satellite March 29, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517U 1 2012 U.S. Air Force-AeroVironment Introduces Digital Wasp AE Small Unmanned Aircraft System May 25, 2012 Space Daily News.pdf

517U 1 2012 U.S. Congress Funds Killer Drones U.S. Air Force Says It Can Not Handle May 7, 2012 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

517U 14 1917 U.S. Patent 001225521 Protecting From Poisonous Gas in Warfare May 8, 1917 Page 3.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report F-15E Strike Eagle March 21, 2011.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report A-10C_Spangdahlem April 2, 2011.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Class A Aerospace Mishaps Fiscal Year 2011 Reports.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force GORGON STARE Drone We Can See Everything January 2, 2011 The Washington Post Page 1.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force GORGON STARE Drone We Can See Everything January 2, 2011 The Washington Post Page 2.pdf

517U 2 2011 U.S. Air Force Investigation of May 5 2011 Afghanistan MQ-1B_AOR_September 9, 2011.pdf

517U 3 2010 U.S. Air force Aircraft Accident Investigation Board Report F-22A November 16, 2010.pdf

517U 3 2010 U.S. Air Force Aircraft Investigation Board Report F-16CM October 8, 2010.pdf

517U 3 2010 U.S. Air Force Drones Leave Military Awash in Data NYTimes January 11, 2010 by Drew.pdf

517U 3 2010 U.S. Air Force Executive Summary Drone Predator Accident Investigation Cannon AFB New Mexico July 28, 2010.pdf

517U 3 2010 U.S. Air Force Integrating U.S. DOD Unmanned Aerial Systems into National Airspace Structure June 2010.pdf

517U 4 2009 U.S. Air Force Directed Energy Bioeffects Division-Radio Frequency Radiation Branch Handbook 5th Editor July 2009.pdf

517U 4 2009 U.S. Air Force Prepares Drones to End ERA of Fighter Pilots August 22, 2009 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517U 4 2009 U.S. Air Force Unmanned Aircraft Systems Flight Plan May 18, 2009-2047 072309kp1.pdf

517U 7 2006 U.S. Air Force-Research Project for Developing Non-Lethal Weapons Based-Radio Frequency-Microwave Bioeffects DEC 14, 2005.pdf

517U U.S. Air Force Enduing Airpower Lessons from OEF-OIF Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems USAF-SUAS-LL.pdf

U.S. Army

517UA 1 2012 U.S. Army TRADOC Capability Manager Unmanned Aircraft Systems Website May 22, 2012 http___www.rucker.army.pdf

517UA 1 2012 U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems TRADOC Website June 10, 2012 http___www.rucker.army.pdf

517UA 1 2012 U.S. Army Upgrading Unmanned Aerial Systems April 4, 2012 Website http___www.army.pdf

517UA 2 2011 U.S. Army Orders First Suicide Drones September 6, 2011 Innovation Daily News.pdf

517UA 2 2011 U.S. Army Tests Wireless Detection Technology December 1, 2011 Aviation Week News.pdf

517UA 3 2010 U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Office Eyes Beyond the Horizon January 2010 UAS Magazine.pdf

517UAZ 3 2010 U.S. Army Roadmap for UAS 2010-2035 Eyes of the U.S. Army Report.log

517UAZ 3 2010 U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Roadmap 2010-2035 Report.log

U.S. Marine Corps

517UM 2 2011 Marine Corps to Deploy Heavy-Lifting Drone Helicopter in Afghanistan October 6, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517UN 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Funds Spiderman-Style Wall Climbing Tech June 12, 2012 AOLDefense News.pdf

Foreign Countries & NATO

517V 2012 Venezuela Building Unmanned Drone Aircraft With Cooperation from Allies June 14, 2012 http___droneswatch.pdf

517V 1 2012 Africa-The U.S. African Network of Small Air Bases Using Spy Drones Graphic NYTimes June 13, 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517V 1 2012 Africa-U.S. Expands Secret Intelligence Operations in Africa-Network of Air Bases-Drones June 13, 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517V 1 2012 Africa-U.S. Surveillance Targets in Africa June 13, 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517V 1 2012 Canada+Northrop Grumman L-3 MAS to Join Forces on Unmanned System for Canadian Security May 31, 2012 SWNews.pdf

517V 1 2012 Iraq Outraged by Use of U.S. Drones-Report Space Daily News January 29, 2012.pdf

517V 1 2012 Iraq Purchasing U.S. Drones to Protect Oil Platforms-Number+Type Unknown May 21, 2012 Reuters News.pdf

517V 1 2012 Israeli Eitan-Type Unmanned Drone Crashed in Ball of Fire January 29, 2012 CNN News.pdf

517V 1 2012 Italy+U.S. Plans to Arm Italy Drones May 29, 2012 Wall Street Journal.pdf

517V 1 2012 Latin America Under Surveillance of US Southcom-Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy on Global Scale Website April 30, 2012.pdf

517V 1 2012 NATO-U.S. to Unveil Plans Bolster NATO Alliance NYTimes May 19, 2012 Surveillance Drones-Weapons+Training+$$$+War Ships.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan Army Surveillance Done Crashed Near Punjab May 19, 2012 Newshttp___www.thenewstribe.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan+Yemen Hatred-What Drones Sow June 12, 2012 Salon.com News http___www.salon.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan-Drone Strikes-Playing God in Pakistan June 5, 2012 Guardian.co.uk Editorial.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan-Drone Victim Defender Becomes Full-Time U.S. Critic April 39, 2012 Salon.com News http___www.dev8.salon.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan-U.S. Drone Blitz on Pakistan Enters Third Straight Day June 4, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 1 2012 Pakistan-U.S. Drones Attack Pakistan Targets for Third Successive Day June 4, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 1 2012 Venezuela Making Drones-Assembling Rifles APNews-BloombergNews June 14, 2012.pdf

517V 2 2011 The Terminators-Drone Strikes Prompt MoD to Ponder Ethics of Killer Robots Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 2 2012 UK-Rose of Drones Poses Growing Dilemma for Military-Moral+Legal Issues April 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 3 2010 UK-Rise of the Robots and the Future of War November 20, 2010 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 5 2008 UK-Military Technology-MoD Announces Winner of Robot Challenge August 19, 2008 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 5 2008 UK-Swarms of Robots Join the Army August 20, 2008 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517V 14 2001 Afghanistan U.S. Dropped Cluster Bombs in Afghanistan Human Rights Watch Backgrounder October 2001.pdf

517V 2 2011 Africa-U.S. Assembling Secret Drone Bases in Africa-Arabian Peninsula Officials Say September 20, 2011 Washington Post.pdf

517V 2 2011 Africa-War Expansion President Obama Sends Armed Advisers to Africa-Armed Escalation Expanding NYTimes October 14, 2011.pdf

517V 2 2011 General Atomics+CAE Partner+Canada Join UAV Surveillance+Target Acquisition System JUSTAS May 25, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517V 2 2011 Germany-General Atomics GA-ASI+Ruag Sing Agreement-Offer Male Predator B UAS-Surveillance-April 27, 2011 Press Release.pdf

517V 2 2011 Global Race on to Match U.S. Drone Capabilities July 4, 2012 Washington Post.pdf

517V 2 2011 Pakistan Targets U.S. Troop Supplies+Drone Base after NATO Kills 24-Inured 13 McClatchy News November 26, 2011.pdf

517V 2 2011 UAE General Atomics GA-ASI+IGG Middle East Defense Systems Supplier-MOU-Predator XPUAS-Surveillance-UAE FEB 23, 2011.pdf

517V 2 2011 UK-General Atomics to Provide MOD With Dedicated Support for UK Remotely Piloted Air Systems March 31, 2011.pdf

517V 2 2011 Yemen-U.S. Drone Strikes-Yemen Reflects U.S. Shift to Drone Use-OCT 1, 2011 NYTimes Questions+Targeting Americans.pdf

517V 3 2010 French Army Reconnaissance Drones August 6, 2010 Aviation Week News.pdf

517V 3 2010 UK-Military Surveillance Drones to be Used by Police for Surveillance Over the UK February 2, 2010 RTR News.pdf

517V 4 2009 Pakistan-Drones=Death From Above Pakistan-Outrage Down Below Kilcullen May 19, 2009 NYTimes.pdf

Drone – UAV – UAS War Weapons & Surveillance

517W 1 2012 Death from Above-Video of Drones Fitted with Machine Guns that Could Transform Future Battlefields April 24, 2012 MailOnline.pdf

517W 1 2012 General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Press Release May 16, 2012 Drone Payload Capability Demonstration.pdf

517W 1 2012 Pentagon to Soon Deploy Pint-Sized Lethal Switchblade Drones June 11, 2012 Los Angeles Times-See Photo.pdf

517W 1 2012 Pentagon to Soon Deploy Pint-Sized Lethal Switchblade Drones June 11, 2012 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517W 1 2012 U.S. Navy-Lockheed Unveils Gravity Bomb for UAV May 1, 2012 FlightGlobalNews+U.S. Navy Helicopter Upgrade.pdf

517W 14 1970 U.S. Navy Adverse Effects of Producing Drone Anti-Submarine Helicopters Summary DEC 31, 1970.pdf

517W 2 2011 A Future for Drones-Automated Killing September 19, 2011 Washington Post.pdf

517W 2 2011 Armed+Dangerous-U.S. Army Gray Eagle UAS Goes Lethal With Hellfire Missiles+Aerial Reconnaissance+Surveillance April 9, 2012.pdf

517W 2 2011 Multiple Missteps Led to Drone Killing U.S. Troops in Afghanistan NOV 5, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517W 8 2005 U.S. Army Drones of the Future Head to Iraq Now June 17, 2008 Wired News http___www.wired.pdf

U.S. Government Issues & Actions at Taxpayer Expense

517X 1 2012 $Billions in Sales of Arms to Iraq+Saudi Arabia President Obama Announced in December 2011 NYTimes January 2, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 Aerosonde Wins Special Operations Contract March 5, 2012 Flight Global News Unmanned Air Systems.pdf

517X 1 2011 U.S. Diplomats Help Push Sales of Jetliners on the Global Market JAN 2, 2011 NYTimes $$$.pdf

517X 1 2012 First U.S. Targeted Killing+Propaganda-CIA Drone War-Concerted PR Effort-Sanitize Dubious Legality June 6, 2012 Guardian.pdf

517X 1 2012 Interactive-How Obama Administration Drone Deaths Claims Stack Up-See Graphic June 18, 2012 Pro Publica.pdf

517X 1 2012 The Battle for U.S. Military Future June 13, 2012 Pincus-Washington Post.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Unmanned Aircraft Systems Website May 22, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations-Title 14-Aeronautics+Space Part 91 Website June 7, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Congress Conference Report on H.R. 658-FAA Reauthorization+Reform Act of 2012 FEB 1, 2012 Unmanned Drones.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.D. Department of Defense Unmanned Warfare UW Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta Push-Brazil-Buy Fighter Jets From Boeing-Promotes U.S. Weapon Sales April 25, 2012 NYTimes.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Defense Secretary Panetta Shrugs Off Objections to Drones June 6, 2012 NYTimes-Pakistan.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Department of Defense Portfolio Systems Acquisition Mission Statement Website June 10, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Drone Attacks and the Brennan Doctrine May 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Drone Strikes Threaten 50 Years of International Law Guardian.co.uk June 21, 2012pdf.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Drone Wars-U.S. President Hardliner-Kill List-Drones-CIA Renditions+Crackdown Whistleblowers June 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Drone Wars-President Obama Hardline-Kill List-CIA Renditions-Surveillance-Whistleblowers June 2, 2012 Guardian.co.uk.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Drone Wars-President Obama Hardliner Kill List Drone Use-CIA Surveillance+Whistleblower Crackdown June 2, 2012 Guardian.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Government Unmanned Aircraft Systems Conference May 1-3, 2012 Virginia http___www.allconferences.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Government Unmanned Aircraft Systems Conference Washington D.C. September 11-13, 2012 http___www.uaseast.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Homeland Security Expands Drone Flights Over Caribbean+Gulf of Mexico Seattle Times June 23, 2012.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Homeland Security Wants to Spy on 4 Square Miles at Once January 23, 2012 Wired News.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned-Case Being Appealed by Obama Administration May 31, 2012 Wired News.pdf

517X 1 2012 The Rise of the Killer Drones-How America Goes to War in Secret April 16, 2012 by Hastings-Rolling Stone.pdf

517X 1 2012 U.S. Unveils Plans to Bolster NATO Alliance May 19, 2012 NYTimes-NATO Purchasing a Fleet of Surveillance Drones+Weapons.pdf

517X 1 2012 Warrantless Spying Loss Overturned-Case Being Appealed by Obama Administration May 31, 2012 Wired News.pdf

517X 2 2011 Chief of Homeland Security Drone Program Targeted in Ethics Inquiry DEC 5, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517X 2 2011 Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case for U.S. to Kill A U.S. Citizen October 8, 2011 NYTimes.pdf

517X 2 2011 Secret U.S. Memo Sanctioned Killing of Aulaqi Washington Post September 30, 2011-Drone Strike Page 1.pdf

517X 2 2011 Secret U.S. Memo Sanctioned Killing of Aulaqi Washington Post September 30, 2011-Drone Strike Page 2.pdf

517X 2 2011 The Growing U.S. Drone Fleet December 23, 2011 Washington Post Graphic+Article.pdf

517X 2 2011 U.S. Homeland Security Adding 3 Drone Aircraft Despite Lack of Pilots Los Angeles Times OCT 27, 2011.pdf

517X 2 2011 U.S. Homeland Security Chief of Federal Drone Program Targeted in Ethics Inquiry DEC 5, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517X 2 2011 Under President Obama-Emerging Global Apparatus for Drone Killing The Washington Post December 27, 2011 Entire Article.pdf

517X 2 2011 Under President Obama-Emerging Global Apparatus for Drone Killing The Washington Post December 27, 2011 Page 1.pdf

517X 2 2011 Under President Obama-Emerging Global Apparatus for Drone Killing The Washington Post December 27, 2011 Page 2.pdf

517X 2 2011 U.S. Homeland Security Adding 3 Drone Aricraft Despite lack of Pilots October 27, 2011 Los Angeles Times.pdf

517X 2 2011 Weapons Sales to Iraq by Obama Administration $11Billion-Fighter Jets+Battle Tanks+More DEC 28, 2011 NYTimes.pdf

517X 3 2010 Administration Must Disclose Information About Illegal Drone Use June 21, 2010 ACLU.pdf

517X 3 2010 U.S. Defense Secretary Gates Calls for Easing Limits on Exporting Sensitive Military Technologies NYTimes April 20, 2010.pdf

517X 3 2010 U.S. Department of Defense Final Report to Congress-Access-National Airspace-Unmanned Aircraft Systems OCT 2010 Report.pdf

517X 3 2010 U.S. Department of Defense Report to Congress-Challenges for Unmanned Aircraft Systems September 2010 Annual Report.pdf

517X 3 2010 U.S. National Aeronautics Research+Development Plan February 2010 NAR&D_Plan-2010.pdf

517X 4 2009 U.S. Arms Sales to Foreign Governments UP Two-Thirds NYTimes SEPT 7, 2009 U.S. Arms World.pdf

517X 4 2009 U.S. Department of Defense UMS Integrated Roadmap April 6, 2009 Report.pdf

517X 5 2008 U.S. Department of Defense Implementation Convention for Unmanned Systems USIP June 24, 2008 Report.pdf

517X 5 2008 U.S. Department of Defense Unmanned Systems Interoperability Profile USIP June 23, 2008.pdf

517X 7 2006 U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Strategic Insights by Gormley July 2006 Case of Unmanned Air Vehicles as Terrorist Weapons.pdf

Drone & UAV (UAS) Issues in the United States

517Y 1 2012 U.S. Air Force Oversight of Intelligence Activities April 23, 2012 AFI 14-104.pdf

517YF 1 2012 Florida-University of Florida UF-IFAS UAS Research Website May 22, 2012 http___uav.ifas.ufl.pdf

517YFZ 1 2012 Florida-University of Florida UAV Projects Website May 22, 2012 Lightning Project Information.pdf

517Y 2 2011 New Mexico-Public Comment Draft Environmental Assessment-Low Altitude Training-Cannon AFB NOV 3, 2011-Not 1 Acre More.pdf

517Y 2 2011 U.S. Air Force-Comment-Draft EA-Low Altitude Training-Cannon AFB New Mexico NOV 3, 2011 by Not 1 Acre More.pdf

517YC 3 2010 Colorado U.S. Air Force Space-Based Surveillance Satellite Lift-Off is Scrubbed Rocket Problems NYTimes July 6, 2010.pdf

517YR 3 2010 Rhode Island-U.S. Navy Readies $6Million Facility-Rhode Island-Developing UAVs-Attack Submarines APNews OCT 31, 2010.pdf

517YU 4 2009 UTAH-New Drone Systems Developed by U.S. Military to be Tested in Utah at Dugway May 11, 2009.pdf

No Comment

517Z 1 2012 AUVSI Rejects Calls for Unlawful Destruction of Unmanned Aerial Systems May 18, 2012 Website http___www.auvsi.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Book-Drone Warfare-Killing by Remote Control by Media Benjamin May 25, 2012 Video.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Do Not Let Drones Invade Our Privacy CNN Special June 14, 2012 Article+Video.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Drone Kills Should Continue-Editorial USA Today June 14, 2012 Opposing View-Unlawful+Dangerous.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Drone Summit-Killing+Spying by Remote Control Washington D.C. April 28-29, 2012 Code Pink.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Drones Flying Under the Radar Truthout Article by Barry April 5, 2012.pdf

517Z 1 2012 High Tech U.S. Air force Drones in Afghanistan June 14, 2012 http___droneswatch.pdf

517Z 1 2012 MiKroKopter-Drone Helicopter June 11, 2012 Website.pdf

517Z 1 2012 New Book-Drone Warfare-Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin Code Pink Website June 12, 2012.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk Wikipedia Website June 12, 2012.pdf

517Z 1 2012 The Year of the Drone-Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative Website June 24, 2012.pdf

517Z 1 2012 Tomgram-Nick Turse Hot Drone-On-Drone Action May 31, 2012 TomDispactchNews.pdf

517Z 2 2011 Imaging the New Face of War-Imagining the Future of Military Gadgetry NYTimes June 19, 2012.pdf


The drone operator who said ‘No’

January 21, 2015 – BBC News Magazine

“…For four years, Brandon Bryant worked in America’s secret drone programme bombing targets in Afghanistan and elsewhere. He was told that he helped to kill more than 1,600 people, but as time went by he felt uneasy with what he was doing. He found it hard to sleep and started dreaming in infra-red. Brandon Bryant told Witness about his doubts and the mission that convinced him it was time to stop. Witness is a World Service programme of the stories of our times told by the people who were there…”

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30483010

War Costs-The Drone Operator Who Said NO January 21, 2015 BBC News+Video.pdf


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/06/20/when-drones-fall-from-the-sky/

Washington Post – June 20, 2014

Part One: War Zones

When Drones Fall From The Sky

Written by Craig Whitlock

“…More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed in major accidents around the world since 2001, a record of calamity that exposes the potential dangers of throwing open American skies to drone traffic, according to a year-long Washington Post investigation.

Since the outbreak of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, military drones have malfunctioned in myriad ways, plummeting from the sky because of mechanical breakdowns, human error, bad weather and other reasons, according to more than 50,000 pages of accident investigation reports and other records obtained by The Post under the Freedom of Information Act…”

War_Costs_War_Zones_When_Drones_Fall from the Sky Part One June 20, 2014 Washington Post Article+Graphics+Video.pdf


http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2014/06/22/crashes-mount-as-military-flies-more-drones-in-u-s/

Washington Post – June 22, 2014

Domestic Airspace Crashes Mount As Military Flies More Drones In U.S.

Part II

Written by Craig Whitlock

War Costs-War Zones-When Drones Fall from the Sky Part One June 20+22, 2014 Washington Post Article+Graphics+Video.pdf

 


The Washington Post Special Three Part Report + Video on Drones
“Behind the U.S. Targeted Killing Program”
October 23 2012 – “Over the past few years, the Obama administration has institutionalized the use of armed drones and developed a counterterrorism infrastructure capable of sustaining a seemingly permanent war…”

Special Report – The Permanent War – “…This project, based on interviews with dozens of current and former national security officials, intelligence analysts and others, examines evolving U.S. counterterrorism policies and the practice of targeted killing…”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/plan-for-hunting-terrorists-signals-us-intends-to-keep-adding-names-to-kill-lists/2012/10/23/4789b2ae-18b3-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html

Washington Post Related Links – 2012

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/foreign/drones/
About this Database and Graphics: “…This project relies in large part on data provided by Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Long War Journal and New America Foundation’s Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, each of which aggregates strike information based on credible news reports. The Washington Post has supplemented the data with information about more recent strikes. In most cases, the record for each strike includes links to related news reports; in cases in which there were multiple strikes on the same day in the same area, only one set of news reports is cited. When possible, the database includes the names of prominent militant leaders killed in individual strikes. The database does not include the exact number of those killed, given widespread discrepancies in various accounts and the difficulty of confirming reported tolls. By some estimates, the number of militants and civilians killed in the drone campaign over the past 10 years will soon exceed 3,000…”

Graphic: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/the-process-behind-targeted-killing/2012/10/23/4420644c-1d26-11e2-ba31-3083ca97c314_graphic.html

Related Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/plan-for-hunting-terrorists-signals-us-intends-to-keep-adding-names-to-kill-lists/2012/10/23/4789b2ae-18b3-11e2-a55c-39408fbe6a4b_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/cia-veteran-john-brennan-has-transformed-us-counterterrorism-policy/2012/10/24/318b8eec-1c7c-11e2-ad90-ba5920e56eb3_story.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/remote-us-base-at-core-of-secret-operations/2012/10/25/a26a9392-197a-11e2-bd10-5ff056538b7c_story.html


http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/DroneW

C-SPAN2 Video – July 7, 2012 – Book: Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control – “…Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, takes a critical look at the use of drones by the U.S. military and argues that targeted killings do not make us safer. Members of the audience also spoke out and Ms. Benjamin also responded to questions from members of the audience at Talking Leaves Bookstore in Buffalo, New York…”


Jeremy Scahill – Escalation of Drone War Worldwide – Published on May 25, 2012 by videonation: “…The United States is on a new trajectory in warfare, says Jeremy Scahill, national security correspondent for The Nation. With its increase in drone strikes, the United States is turning away from the large-scale military interventions of the past decade and towards covert operations, beyond such known locations as Pakistan and Yemen. Check out this video to learn where else Scahill thinks these covert ops are headed…”


http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-21/drone-journalism-takes-off/3840616

“Drone journalism takes off” By Mark Corcoran from Foreign Correspondent
Updated February 21, 2012 20:10:07

Drones play an increasing and controversial role in modern warfare. From Afghanistan and Pakistan to Iran and Yemen, they have become a ubiquitous symbol of Washington’s war on terrorism…Stalked by a drone…There is nothing quite like the sensation of being stalked by a drone. You take it very personally…Even without firing a shot, the drone, remote pilotless aircraft (RPA), unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), call it what you will, is the perfect weapon of intimidation…The media is beginning to go micro, exploiting rapid advances in technology by deploying small toy-like UAVs to get the story…Australia’s fledgling UAV industry may be about to get a big wake-up call from China…” See Video: Swarm of nano quadrotors

 


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303395604577432323658176792.html

U.S. Plans to Arm Italy’s Drones – May 29, 2012 – Wall Street Journal

“…WASHINGTON—The Obama administration plans to arm Italy’s fleet of Reaper drone aircraft, a move that could open the door for sales of advanced hunter-killer drone technology to other allies, according to lawmakers and others familiar with the matter… Lawmakers who question the planned deal say the decision to “weaponize” Italy’s unarmed surveillance drones could make it harder for the U.S. to deny similar capabilities to other North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, and set back efforts to urge sales limitations on other nations that make sophisticated drones such as Israel. Advocates say such sales would enable trusted allies to conduct military missions on their own as well as help open markets for U.S. drone manufacturers. The administration sent a confidential “pre-notification” to (U.S.) congressional panels in April detailing its plan to sell kits to Italy to arm up to six Reaper drones, which are larger, more-powerful versions of Predators…”


Mail Online News – Death from above: Video of drones fitted with machine guns that could transform the battlefields of the future – A similar drone ‘may appear in the next Call of Duty game’ – By Ted Thornhill PUBLISHED: 11:37 EST, 23 April 2012 | UPDATED: 09:08 EST, 24 April 2012 –
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134024/FPSRussia-shows-flying-drone-fitted-machine-gun.html#ixzz1xQBx2TKZ

Video: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2134024/FPSRussia-shows-flying-drone-fitted-machine-gun.html


Boeing Video – 2012 “…The Phantom Eye is an unmanned airborne vehicle (UAV) designed to serve as an eye in the sky for surveillance, disaster relief, search and rescue, and a multitude of other uses. In this video, program manager Drew Mallow talks about the innovations that made its development possible…” Surveillance is the objective. Visit the Boeing Website for more information on the drones in our future: http://boeing.com/stories/videos/vid_08_phantom_eye.html


Stars and Stripes Drone Video – June 4, 2012 Article – “A new drone with the ability to stay in flight for up to four days completed its first autonomous test last week above Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system, with its 150-foot wingspan, is touted by manufacturer Boeing as representing a new era of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance…” And it looks like these drones will be used to spy on American Citizens. For more information visit: http://www.stripes.com/news/us/new-drone-capable-of-multi-day-flights-tested-at-edwards-afb-1.179579



http://situationroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/17/drone-crash-cause-for-concern/?hpt=sr_mid

CNN News & Video Concerns Over Drone Safety in U.S. Grow – Drone Collides With Cargo Plane in Afghanistan August 17, 2012 See CNN Video on Dangers.


WBOC-TV 16, Delmarvas News Leader, FOX 21 –

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/11/us/maryland-drone-crash/index.html

“Washington (CNN) — A U.S. Navy drone crashed Monday in a marsh near Salisbury, Maryland. The RQ-4A Global Hawk drone crashed during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program at the base…” June 11, 2012 See Video Clip from CNN.


CNN Report & Video May 22, 2012 Sen. Carl Levin: Counterfeit military parts pose ‘significant safety risk’

“…Because of a recent surge of counterfeit military parts– such as pieces of equipment used in aircrafts– the Senate Armed Services Committee has adopted new legislation to change the procedural laws for buying new or refurbished parts. Senator Carl Levin joins Starting Point this morning to explain the details of the new law, which he has been working on alongside Sen. John McCain. Levin explains that the news laws say that parts can only be bought from contracted, authorized distributors or certified suppliers and dictates that suppliers will be responsible for their own repairs. Regarding the threat posed by the counterfeit parts, Levin explains that the problem occurs almost exclusively with equipment produced in China, and poses a “significant” safety threat to the nation…”

http://startingpoint.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/22/sen-carl-levin-counterfeit-military-parts-pose-significant-safety-risk/


Video Published on Jun 14, 2012 by TheAlexJonesChannel – Darrin McBreen Interviewed Rosalind Peterson of california sky Watch about the deadly consequences of the government using military unmanned armed drones in the United States.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pr2gTCD160s&feature=plcp
http://www.infowars.com/
http://www.warcosts.net/drone-warfare/


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/06/20/world/military-tech.html?ref=world&gwh=50334BD5C3B154B0799A801B5C738073

New York Times – June 19, 2011 – “…WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects and birds.

From Blimps to Bugs: The Miniaturization of Drone Technnology

The base’s indoor flight lab is called the “microaviary,” and for good reason. The drones in development here are designed to replicate the flight mechanics of moths, hawks and other inhabitants of the natural world. “We’re looking at how you hide in plain sight,” said Greg Parker, an aerospace engineer, as he held up a prototype of a mechanical hawk that in the future might carry out espionage or kill…”


Video Published on May 25, 2012 by ResistNWOrder – Book by Medea Benjamin : Killer Drones Are Coming to U.S. Skies 5-12-12
Author of – Drone Warfare : Killing By Remote Control
Shift Shapers Radio http://codepink.org


Police Drones Are Already Here Defense Tech News March 8, 2012 – So everyone noticed when Congress told the FAA to get American airspace ready for regular drone flights, this move prompted a general Internet freakout about privacy concerns. No one likes the thought of being watched by the very drones that spy on suspected insurgents on Middle Eastern battlefields. Well, U.S. police departments are already gearing up to deploy UAV in American cities. The video below shows the Seattle Police Department’s new Draganflyer UAV. The kite-sized micro chopper weighs three pounds and can stay aloft for about 20 minutes. As a Seattle PD officer explains in the video, it’s not allowed to fly above 400 feet and has to be operated from a SPD vehicle. Just wait, though, law enforcement agencies accross the country will soon have bigger drones capable of conducting serious suveillance. Heck, a much bigger Shadowhawk drone-chopper belonging to the Montgomery County,Texas, Sheriff’s Office recently crashed into a SWAT truck belonging to said office. Click through the jump to watch a video of Seattle’s finest’s latest toy. read more: http://defensetech.org/2012/03/08/police-drones-are-already-here/#ixzz1yi8bcI9z Defense.org


C-SPAN Video – U.S. House of Representatives Hearing on Unmanned Aerial Systems – Drones – Washington, DC, Thursday, July 19, 2012

The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management examined the Department of Homeland Security’s ability to oversee the domestic use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones. The Subcommittee looked at the increasing use of drones domestically and how they impact people’s privacy. Drones have been used by police departments, colleges and some federal agencies. In its 2012, reauthorization, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was directed by Congress to safely open domestic airspace to wider use of drones by 2015. The FAA is expected to release a proposed rule later this year, which would establish policies, procedures and standards for the unmanned aircrafts…”

http://www.c-span.org/Events/House-Cmte-Examines-Increased-Domestic-Use-of-Drones/10737432450-1/


“Drone Secrecy Put to Test in Court-Appeals Court is Looking into Whether the Obama Administration can Withhold Documents Relating to the Drone Program” – September 21, 2012 “…A US appeals court is looking into whether the Barack Obama administration can withold documents relating to its drone programme. The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU, is trying to get more information on the secretive operations. A lower court had originally ruled that the CIA programme was classified and therefore exempted from making its records public, but an appeals court seems unlikely to stand by classified designation. Patty Culhane reports from Washington…”
http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/09/20129213148897742.html


Hacked drones could become missiles over U.S., researchers warn – IT World News: June 28, 2012, 6:14 PM – GPS spoofing is easy and effective, demo proves, making plan for domestic drone flights risky – Source URL: http://www.itworld.com/security/282857/hacked-drones-could-become-missiles-over-us-researchers-warn


ACLU Testifies as Congress Takes on Domestic Drones – October 25, 2012 By Sandra Fulton, ACLU Washington Legislative Office – UDPATE: You can watch the video of the full hearing:
https://jones.adobeconnect.com/_a819989871/p6pshdpmd4c/?launcher=false&fcsContent=true&pbMode=normal

“…The ACLU testified today before a House field forum examining drone technology and the Fourth Amendment at Rice University called by Rep. Ted Poe (R-Tex.). Drones have gotten a lot of attention lately – U.S. law enforcement agencies are eager to get their hands on them while civil libertarians are concerned about the potential threat to privacy. The panel for today’s hearing, which was held in conjunction with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, included representatives from across the board, with witnesses from the advocacy, law enforcement, and academic worlds…”

Drones and Our Expectation of Privacy

“…Today’s hearing focused on the expected use of drones versus our expectation of privacy. While panelists from law enforcement were concerned about possibly over-regulating such useful technologies, all panelists agreed that a proliferation of drones raises different and heightened privacy concerns for the American public….” For more information on drones visit:
http://www.aclu.org/blog/technology-and-liberty-national-security/aclu-testifies-congress-takes-domestic-drones


Investigating Drone Attacks March 16, 2013 CNN Video

Saima Mohsin gets an exclusive interview with the UN investigator of drone strikes by U.S. and others in Pakistan.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/03/15/world/asia/u-n-drone-objections/index.html?hpt=hp_t3


http://mashable.com/2013/01/22/pbs-nova-drones-doc/

“…The robotic planes more commonly referred to as drones have gone from a secret, rarely covered military and CIA program to a regular fixture on the national media as well as technology websites. As one of the leaders behind the U.S. drone program, White House adviser John Brennan, gets ready to face confirmation hearings to head the CIA, drones have never been more in the spotlight. Popular science show NOVA hopes to shed more light on these flying bots with a documentary titled “Rise of the Drones.”

The documentary will tackle both the military and civilian side of drone technology, exploring how the military trains drone pilots at the Holloman Air Force base in New Mexico, as well as the role drones will play in domestic law enforcement. There are controversies in both of these worlds. Are drone strikes in accordance with international law? Are they killing too many civilians? “We’ve entered an era where we’re conducting an array of operations using unmanned systems that in a previous generation we would have called war, and we would have treated like war,” Peter W. Singer, an expert in the future of warfare, says in the documentary. “When you’re conducting more than 300 air strikes in a country, you’re conducting an equivalent of at least an ‘Air War’ campaign. But we don’t call it that now.”

On the civilian side, most of the questions are related to privacy and security. Can citizens’ privacy be respected when there are thousands of eyes in the sky? “I think anybody that can use a device to peer into your activities even if it’s the air outside your window or the air above your property, I think there is a right to privacy,” Rep. Rand Paul tells NOVA. “The worry is that in two [to] three years we will have 30,000 drones crisscrossing the sky accumulating all this information.”

In addition to Singer and Paul, to try to answer all these questions NOVA interviewed the “father” of the Predator drone, the most widely used killer drone in the U.S. arsenal, several drone pilots and Vijay Kumar, a University of Pennsylvania roboticist, particularly known for his studies in the control and coordination of multi-robot formations…”


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NBC News-February 4, 2013 – Huffington Post Article February 5, 2013

“…Michael Isikoff To Rachel Maddow: DOJ Drone Memo Shows Obama Has ‘More Elastic’ Concept Of Imminent Threats (VIDEO)Rachel Maddow spoke to NBC News’ Michael Isikoff Monday night about his acquisition of a Justice Department white paper that lays out some of the Obama administration’s thinking behind its practice of killing American citizens with drone strikes. Isikoff landed a major scoop for NBC, which immediately splashed the white paper on its website. In it, the Justice Department says, according to Isikoff, that:

The U.S. government can order the killing of American citizens if they are believed to be “senior operational leaders” of al-Qaida or “an associated force” — even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the U.S.

Although evidence suggests that the paper is not the official memo which laid out the administration’s guidelines for the killing of Americans such as Anwar al-Awlaki, it does provide a partial look at how Obama justifies such strikes. Maddow noted that the details of the paper, as well as other questions surrounding the Obama administration’s policy, are certain to come up when his counterterrorism czar John Brennan faces Congress during his confirmation hearing for CIA director on Thursday. She wondered, in particular, whether the administration thought its rights to kill Americans extended to people inside the United States.

“Could the CIA or any other intelligence agency come kill you if the appropriate high-ranking official in the Obama administration — say, President Obama — decided that you were affiliated with al-Qaeda and you were a threat and you might act imminently to endanger this nation, could you then legally be killed as you laid in your bed?” she asked.

She then turned to Isikoff, who said that the paper “fleshes out some of the arguments that have been made publicly, and in ways that in some instances contrast with what has been said publicly.” The paper says that anyone targeted for killing must present an imminent threat and that their capture must be unfeasible before they can be hit with a drone. Isikoff noted that the interpretations of what a threat means are “a bit more elastic and open to interpretation” than previously known.

“They refer to a ‘broader concept of imminence’ than direct active intelligence of a plot against the US,” he said. “In fact, it explicitly states that imminence does not mean that the United States has to have clear evidence that a specific attack on US persons or interests is underway. If the US believes that the target has in the past been involved in such violent activities and the target has not renounced such activities it can be assumed that they are an imminent threat now and that that would justify an attack.” “The definition for why a capture [instead of a killing] is impractical also seems to be very, very wide,” Maddow said. End


“C-SPAN Washington Journal February 23, 2013 “State & Local Laws on Drones”
Ben Gielow, Association of Unmanned Vehicles International-General Counsel, talked about efforts by states and localities to impose legal limits on the use of domestically based surveillance drones (unmanned aerial vehicles). He talked about current federal laws that cover drones and if they are enough to keep pace with technology, and new attempts in Congress to further expand privacy protections. The Association supports defense, civil and commercial sectors.” Represents trade organizations that manufacture and sell UVS systems (drones), along with ground and maritime systems worldwide.


C-SPAN Video – March 20, 2013 – U.S. Senate Judiciary Hearing on “Aerial Drone Use in the United States”:

“Law enforcement, legal, and industry experts testified on the domestic use of unpiloted aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.” The technology is here already and drones of all sizes and shapes are flying in the United States. The spying and surveillance capabilities exist in many cases and the law does not protect the rights of American citizens from this type of surveillance, problems when drones are in the same airspace as commercial airplane flights or small planes. And with multiple drones sizes, our X-Ray capabilities, tracking devices, the new technology of cameras, and listening devices we are now entering the world of a police state being created in the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/311620-1