Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars write by Peter Lee. This book was released on 2018-10-04. Reaper Force - Inside Britain's Drone Wars available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The author has observed lethal missile strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq alongside the crews involved. He has also conducted extensive interviews with Reaper pilots, sensor operators, mission intelligence coordinators, and spouses and partners. The result is an intimate portrait of the human aspect of remote air warfare in the twenty-first century.
Reaper Force
Reaper Force - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Reaper Force write by Peter Lee. This book was released on 2019-01-18. Reaper Force available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the blessing of the RAF and the Ministry of Defence, the author has interviewed the pilots and other aircrew who man Britain's drones, carrying out reconnaissance, surveillance, intelligence-gathering and, where necessary, ground-attack missions. In brief, it is the story of men and women who can take out an entire group of people from thousands of miles away, and then go home for lunch.
Into the Fire
Into the Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Into the Fire write by Chris Cole. This book was released on 2014. Into the Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. UK forces have used armed drones to undertake airstrikes since 2004, either in conjunction with the US or utilizing its own fleet of armed Reapers acquired in 2007. Increasingly the UK has relied on its Reaper drones to undertake airstrikes. Due to air safety regulations Reapers would not be allowed to fly within British airspace. Whether UK Reaper drones are to be moved from Afghanistan to take part in military operations in Iraq or to long-term bases in Africa or the Gulf, there are clear dangers to both UK and global peace and security. In brief, redeploying UK Reapers overseas: Increases the risk of the UK becoming embroiled in on-going armed conflict ; Increases the threat of terrorist attacks in the UK or on British citizens abroad ; Diminishes international security by normalising the basing of armed drones overseas, sending a signal to other countries that it is acceptable to do so. Rather than 'jumping from the frying pan into the fire' with its armed drones, the UK should instead pause the programme at the end of combat operations in Afghanistan. This would enable a thorough evaluation of the actual impact of these systems on the ground in Afghanistan, and allow an investigation into the long-term implications for both UK and global peace and security.
De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare
De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare write by James Patton Rogers. This book was released on 2024-09-02. De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2010, 60 states had a military drone program. Today at least 113 countries and 65 non-state actors now have access to weaponized drone technologies. Alongside this, established ‘drone powers’ – the U.S., China, Turkey, and Iran – have expanded their own use of military drones, increasing the sale and deployment of drones around the world. In the De Gruyter Handbook of Drone Warfare, drone expert, policy adviser, and historian, Dr James Patton Rogers, brings together 37 of the world’s leading voices on the growing issues of commercial and military drone technologies. From the origins of military drones in the early 1900s and the resurgence of drone use during the War on Terror, through to the global proliferation of drones across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, this handbook explores the moral, ethical, technological, legal, military, geopolitical, social, and strategic issues at the heart of drone warfare. The first handbook of its kind, the volume also addresses Russia’s offensive war against Ukraine, the rise of Iranian and Houthi drones, and provides a focused analysis of the future of drone warfare and the opportunities and perils of AI, autonomy, and swarming technologies in the coming Third Drone Age.
Drones and Targeted Killing
Drones and Targeted Killing - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drones and Targeted Killing write by Marjorie (ed.) Cohn. This book was released on 2014-12-14. Drones and Targeted Killing available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. EXPERT ANALYSIS OF AN ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL PRACTICE The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates them. Assassination, or targeted killing, off the battlefield not only causes more resentment against the United States, it is also illegal. In this interdisciplinary collection, human rights and political activists, policy analysts, lawyers and legal scholars, a philosopher, a journalist and a sociologist examine different aspects of the U.S. policy of targeted killing with drones and other methods. It explores the legality, morality and geopolitical considerations of targeted killing and resulting civilian casualties, and evaluates the impact on relations between the United States and affected countries. The book includes the documentation of civilian casualties by the leading non-governmental organization in this area; stories of civilians victimized by drones; an analysis of the first U.S. targeted killing lawsuit by the lawyer who brought the case; a discussion of the targeted killing cases in Israel by the director of PCATI which filed one of the lawsuits; the domestic use of drones; and the immorality of drones using Just War principles. Contributors include: Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Phyllis Bennis, Medea Benjamin, Marjorie Cohn, Richard Falk, Tom Hayden, Pardiss Kebriaei, Jane Mayer, Ishai Menuchin, Jeanne Mirer, John Quigley, Dr. Tom Reifer, Alice Ross, Jay Stanley, and Harry Van der Linden.
