Drones

Poland joins NATO’s AGS drone system

By Poland's Ministry of Defense

From Poland’s Ministry of Defense:  Minister of National Defence Tomasz Siemoniak declared Poland’s participation in AGS – NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system at NATO ministerial in Brussels in October.

Britain doubling its number of Reaper drones and activating 1st base in UK

By Telegraph

From Telegraph:  The deployment of the five armed Reaper aircraft, which are used for surveillance and combat operations, will double the number that Britain has available.

CIA seeks to expand drone fleet, officials say

By Greg Miller, Washington Post

From Greg Miller, Washington Post:  The CIA is urging the White House to approve a significant expansion of the agency’s fleet of armed drones, a move that would extend the spy service’s decade-long transformation into a paramilitary force, U.S. officials said.

Drone War AWOL From Presidential Campaign

By James Joyner

A new study released this week by researchers at Stanford and NYU has found that American drone strikes in Pakistan are killing far more civilians than advertised, taking out few high value targets, and have become the primary recruiting tool for the terrorist groups the policy is aimed at combating. The report, “Living Under Drones: […]

Video of allegedly Iranian UAVs captured by Syrian rebel

By Spencer Ackerman, Danger Room

Poland wants to replace old Su-22 bombers with armed drones

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Poland is planning to replace its obsolete Soviet-built Sukhoi Su-22 strike aircraft with an unmanned strike aircraft (UCAV) system, Deputy Defense Minister Waldemar Skrzypczak told TVN24 television on Tuesday.

The US has ‘neither the money, nor the forces, nor the will, nor the concepts’ for new interventions

By Paradigm Cure

From Paradigm Cure:  The idea of putting in tens of thousands of troops to enforce order, generating a “civilian surge” of development and state building experts, and otherwise launching ourselves into yet another “stability operation” of indeterminate length has zero appeal, and for good reason. 

How far will US and European defense spending fall?

By Douglas Barrie, AOL Defense

From Douglas Barrie, AOL Defense:  While the January 2012 strategic guidance – "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership" – cast "most European countries" as "producers of security rather than consumers of it," this was rather at odds with the concerns of former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

Turkey’s New Ballistic Missile Program Raises Eyebrows and Concerns

By Aaron Stein, World Politics Review

From Aaron Stein, World Politics Review:  Ankara remains far too dependent on Washington for its intelligence and reconnaissance capabilities.