Security Debate Shadows NNSA Chief’s Departure By Diane Barners Global Security Newswire WASHINGTON — A top U.S. nuclear official is set to retire next week in good standing with the Obama administration, even though a major security scandal prompted a number of watchdogs to call for his resignation months ago. When Thomas D’Agostino announced last […]
Next Government Article on Mobile Missiles Quotes Phil Coyle
Air Force eyes return of mobile nuclear missiles By Bob Brewin January 9, 2013 The Air Force has dusted off plans more than two decades old to place fixed nuclear missiles on rail cars or massive road vehicles to protect them from a surprise attack The service also wants to explore alternatives to traditional missiles […]
Philip Coyle Quoted on Mobile Missiles in Next Government
Air Force eyes return of mobile nuclear missiles By Bob Brewin The Air Force has dusted off plans more than two decades old to place fixed nuclear missiles on rail cars or massive road vehicles to protect them from a surprise attack The service also wants to explore alternatives to traditional missiles to carry nuclear […]
Toy Drones and the Evolution of Drone Warfare
The nomination of President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, to head the CIA has a lot of folks talking about drones. Head over to PolicyMic today to see my take on the most recent advances in drone warfare.
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The debate over drone warfare as a counterterrorism tactic is only just beginning to take shape. Drones provide the U.S. with an option for precise long-range strike that poses fewer risks to men in uniform. But they also raise moral and ethical questions that have yet to be addressed. Drones’ relative ease of use and antiseptic nature, along with the ever-increasing reach of the U.S. drone war and expansion of U.S. “kill lists,” has raised questions over the legal and political consequences of such a strategy. The president himself has noted that, “There’s a remoteness to it that makes it tempting to think that somehow we can, without any mess on our hands, solve vexing security problems.”
AR Parrot Drones: The New Evolution of Drone Warfare
by Laicie Heeley [contact information] This article originally appeared on PolicyMic on January 8, 2013. Now that we’ve moved past the holidays, let me ask: What did you get for Christmas? A new camera? A tablet? How about a drone? It might seem like a joke, but toy drones such as the Parrot AR.Drone Quadricopter […]