Drones

To Infinity and beyond!

by UmairJ

So according to the Danger Room, the United States Air force is going to go ahead with its controversial plan on using conventionally-armed Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles to take out terrorist targets. Though this plan looked like it was going to be scrapped because as soon as any nation hears the word ‘ballistic missile’ thoughts of [...]

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“Af-Pak” Quick Links

by Matthew Kuhl

A few quick hits from chilly* middle Georgia (lows in the 20s! inconceivable!): Well, it looks as if the Bagram prison will soon be the Afghans’ problem. I’m skeptical that this will result in any real changes. Two articles opinions on drones: First, we have a column from Dawn questioning the effects that drone strikes purportedly [...]

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Drone on…or not

by TK

The debate over the use of drones will likely only intensify over the coming days, months, and years, as they become more and more important to the efforts of…well… every country involved in fighting a war. First, Alex Mayer and Bill Roggio at LWJ offer compelling evidence on both the lethality (who knew that was [...]

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