January 4, 2020 Brett Velicovich on the drone that took down Soleimani: 'You only get one shot' You only get "one shot" while taking on a target like Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Drone expert Brett Velicovich said Saturday.
January 3, 2020 Qassem Soleimani strike violated international human rights law, UN official argues The U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killing on Friday said the President Trump-approved drone strike against Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top general, violated international human rights law.
December 31, 2019 FAA proposes rule change to force identification of Colorado, Nebraska drones One day after three northeastern Colorado and a western Nebraska county became unwilling participants in a series of mysterious, nocturnal and unknown drone flights crisscrossing their skies, the Federal Aviation Administration is promoting a new rule requiring most drones to be identifiable remotely, a published report said Monday.
December 30, 2019 Colorado, Nebraska sheriffs puzzled by nocturnal drone flights The mysterious drones flying over parts of the Midwest continue to grow as reports have emerged saying three more rural counties - in the northeast corner of Colorado and at least one county in neighboring Nebraska - have both local law enforcement as well as residents clueless on what’s flying above them at night, a published report Sunday said.
December 28, 2019 Peter Navarro: US responds to threat from Chinese drones – We’re rebuilding American drone industry Restoring our domestic capacity to produce the finest unmanned aircraft systems in the world will not just enhance our national security. It will help promote economic prosperity by creating good jobs with good wages
December 23, 2019 France's first-ever armed drone strike kills 7 Islamic militants in Mali France's defense ministry announced Monday it had carried out its first armed drone strike, killing seven Islamic extremists in central Mali over the weekend.
December 7, 2019 US military says Russian air defenses shot down unarmed drone near Libyan capital: report The U.S. Military believes that the unarmed drone lost over Tripoli, the Libyan capital last month was actually shot down by Russian air defenses.
December 5, 2019 Los Angeles television station says chopper struck by drone, forced to make precautionary landing A news helicopter belonging to an ABC owned-and-operated television station was forced to make a precautionary landing on Wednesday night after it struck an object believed to be a drone while flying over downtown Los Angeles.
November 23, 2019 US military drone disappears over Libyan capital, officials say The U.S. military announced it lost an unarmed drone over Tripoli, the Libyan capital on Thursday-- the site of a months-long battle between the Libyan National Army and militias allied with the United Nations-supported government.
November 8, 2019 Iran claims it downed 'unknown' drone over Persian Gulf, Pentagon says all US devices accounted for Iranian air defense force reportedly shot down an “unknown” drone on Friday morning for allegedly violating its airspace.