Google and Facebook fight for web supremacy with drones and balloons
Pilotless drones and high-altitude balloons are some of the ideas being mooted by the internet giants keen to dominate the infrastructure of the web.
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Pilotless drones and high-altitude balloons are some of the ideas being mooted by the internet giants keen to dominate the infrastructure of the web.
MPs defend the UK military’s controversial drones programme, saying pilots are not video-gaming “warrior geeks”, and call for more clarity around their secretive use.
This week Senator John McCain moved to shift control of US drones from the CIA to the defence department. Meanwhile, fears grow about the application of activity-based intelligence to drones.
Parts of Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are still too dangerous for humans to enter. But not, perhaps, for drones.
Her history is steeped in the power, tragedy and politics of Pakistan’s past. And her new book is about the sacrifices modern Pakistan demands. Jon interviews Benazir’s niece, Fatima.
Barack Obama says he’s rewriting the rules on drone strikes. Are pilotless planes a vital weapon in the war on terror, or is the cost in civilian lives too high?
Drones are being flown in Afghanistan by UK-based pilots for the first time. The Ministry of Defence say the vehicles save lives – but protesters say they are a tool to fight wars “behind our backs”.
Drones are the corner stone of Barack Obama’s security policy, but the debate is now raging in the CIA and beyond on whether the unmanned and unseen weapons are counter productive, and driving recruits to al-Qaeda.
A rising death toll in Afghanistan, another round of army cuts and a new front opening on the war on terror. Is this the next phase in the decade of the drone?
A Pakistani man who tried to force the British government to reveal whether it provides intelligence for US drone strikes loses his high court bid but plans to appeal.
The 2012 race comes down to a haulage story. Which campaign can haul the greater number of likely voters to the polls and make sure they pull that lever, tick that box or click that mouse.
Britain boosts to 10 the number of drone aircraft flying combat and surveillance operations in Afghanistan, as the foreign secretary faces questions over UK support for US drones in Pakistan.
Civilians in north west Pakistan are suffering “24-hour mental stress” because of the threat of drone strikes, drawing comparisons to the mood after the 9/11 attacks in the US.
Imran Khan tells Channel 4 News drone attacks in Pakistan are “fomenting radicalisation” and calls on the US to name victims to prove they are killing terrorists, not civilians.
The Seychelles government hits back at allegations the US is using the islands to launch drone attacks in Somalia and Yemen, insisting the aircraft are monitoring pirates not terrorists.