The UK government wants to replace destroyers with drone ships.
- Professor of Applied Ethics and Director, Security and Risk Research, University of Portsmouth
Drone swarms and sensitive radar could help protect European airspace against further incursions.
Weather conditions on the front lines are making it increasingly difficult for Ukraine to use drones effectively as winter approaches.
New weapons will require new rules of war – but there is little appetite for regulation.
If Russian missiles have an accuracy of one metre, how come they seem to hit civilian targets such as healthcare centres?
In 2005 the world decided it must take action to protect civilians from being targeted in war. In Ukraine frightened civilians are still waiting.
The technical and political issues at play in launching air attacks that may harm civilians.
The drone probably used to kill Iranian general Qassem Soleimani doesn’t take away all risks and responsibilities from military personnel.
The Ministry of Defence says the RAF killed or injured 4,315 enemy fighters in Iraq and Syria over a period with only one civilian casualty. Why do other organisations have very different numbers?
The militarisation of AI has serious ethical and legal implications.
The Campaign Against Killer Robots has launched a terrifying film showing why lethal drones need to be banned.
The problem with Syria is that all sides have their own reasons for acting the way they do – and they all think they’re right.
Critics claim that Russia and Syria are targeting civilians with thermobaric ‘vacuum’ bombs.
As the Islamic State (IS) continues its seemingly unstoppable march across Iraq it advertises its unique anti-Christian, anti-Shia, anti-everybody brand of Islam on social media as medieval barbarism meets…
“Can a man not have a dream?” When my pro-independence brother Andrew said that to me, it was the moment when I knew. When I knew I could not win the argument; when I knew the No campaign can never win…
The Reaper drone pilot and sensor operator stared intently at the bank of screens in front of them, their concentration fixed on one individual. Their target had been identified by more than one intelligence…
A grief-stricken father tenderly hands over the shrouded body of his tiny daughter to be placed in the mass grave. Surgical masks are being worn in the hope that they will ward off the chemical death that…
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