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Typetechnology
Interest of• Josh Begley
• Peter Burt

Development

Israel has lead the world in the development of drones for many years. It used the Gaza Strip as the leading testing ground for both armed and surveillance drones.[1]

Global trade

Israel produced 60% of all drones manufactured from 1985 to 2015. US produced 24% followed by Canada at 6.4% and France with 1.6%. from 2010-2014, UK was the world's #1 importer of drones, with 1/3 of global drone imports.[1]

Combat use

As of September 2015, only 3 countries were known to have use lethal drones to kill people: US, UK and Israel. Israel used Gaza as a testing ground for development of drone technology.[1] Drones were initially developed for use by militaries in combat - both for general warfare and assassination of particular individuals - and then rolled out for use on civilians. Electronic Intifada reports that in 2014, Israel killed 840 people in Gaza.[1]

US Drone use

Former US drone operators describe a culture of callousness which sanctions the killing of civilians and children, report that alcohol and illegal drug use by operators is widespread, and describe the drone program as "one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world", asking "Have we forgotten our humanity in the pursuit of vengeance and security?"[2] Only a small proportion of those killed by US drones are the intended targets.[3] A set of former drone operators charged in a 2015 press conference that "[the Obama] administration and its predecessors have built a drone program that is one of the most devastating driving forces for terrorism and destabilization around the world."[4]

Development

In 2015, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, the company that makes the Predator and Reaper drones, announced plans to integrate a 150KW laser onto its Avenger (née Predator-C) drone. The company suggested that this could be a reality by 2017.[5]

Non-combat use

In 2015, North Dakota became the first use state to allow Police use of drones armed with less than lethal weapons such as tasers, rubber bullets and tear gas after a last-minute push by a lobbyist.[6]

Mass surveillance

The UK Police report that drones have already proved useful in searching for missing people.[7] BBC announced in 2015 that UK police would start routine use of drones for mass surveillance, as part of the "war on terror". They also reported that the UK Police would take over responsibility for drone monitoring from the Civil Aviation Authority, preventing any effective oversight of drone use by UK police.[8]

The Brazilian government purchased a fleet of Hermes drones to help crush the massive protests that erupted across Brazil against the 2014 World Cup.[9][1]

Monitoring workers

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In 2015, drones were used to capture video footage that shows construction progress at the Sacramento Kings’ new stadium in California. Drones capture video which is fed into a computer to create a 3d model of the progress of the construction.[10]

Regulation

The US Government announced in 2015 that it would require registration for anyone using a drone.[11]

 

An example

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Heterogeneous Aerial Reconnaissance Team

 

A Drone victim on Wikispooks

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'Jihadi John'A British Arab man alleged to be the person seen in several atrocity videos obtained and published by SITE Intelligence Group - hard to tell fact from spin in the story, he is possibly a Wag the Dog person.

 

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Document:Exclusive: I Can Reveal the Legal Advice on Drone Strikes, and How the Establishment Worksarticle9 September 2015Craig MurrayCraig Murray reveals how Sir Daniel Bethlehem continues to bring a Zionist perspective to any legal advice emanating from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Document:Off the Leash: How the UK is developing the technology to build armed autonomous dronesArticle10 November 2018Peter BurtThe United Kingdom should make an unequivocal statement that it is unacceptable for machines to control, determine, or decide upon the application of force in armed conflict and give a binding political commitment that the UK would never use fully autonomous weapon systems
Document:Spot-Shootarticle13 July 2010Jonathan CookOn the use of drones against Palestinians
Document:The slandering of a Russian “Elon Musk”article19 October 2020'Rhys James'A tongue-in-cheek analysis of strange goings-on in the Russian Drone design and manufacturing industry; but with a hard edge to it which plausibly suggests Isaeli-Mossad shenanigans
File:Living under drones.pdfpaperSeptember 2012International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic
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