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According to The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, up to 3,900 people have been killed in 422 strikes in Pakistan, where the drones are controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Of course, this is no longer science-fiction.ĭrone operators sat in a Nevada desert, huddled in air-conditioned cubicles, now control a fleet of robots that can loiter above the landscape with advanced sensing capabilities. Air Force, “The Predator system was designed in response to a Department of Defense requirement to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information combined with a kill capability to the warfighter.” Its deathly name conjures images of a science-fiction dystopia where robots hover in the sky and exterminate humans on the ground. It has a wingspan of 55 feet, a length of 27 feet, and can reach speeds of up to 135mph.

The MQ-1 Predator is perhaps the most well-known of all military drones used today. Indeed, between 20 the Pentagon’s inventory of drones increased forty-fold, and it now owns a fleet of some eleven thousand drones, hundreds of which are weaponized. By the fiscal year 2016, the Pentagon plans to spend close to $3 billion on drones. The year before the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, drone funding stood at around $284 million. military’s fleet of drones varies by size, shape, and sophistication, from the army’s hand-thrown Ravens to the air force’s Global Hawk, which can reach altitudes of sixty thousand feet. Whatever the size of the drone, they all essentially perform the same functions: providng war managers with intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR).

national security strategy, which has switched from counterinsurgency in the city to counterterrorism from the skies. military has been, and remains, a world leader in remote targeted killings. Air Force.Įver since the bow and arrow was invented thousands of years ago, remote killing-in some form or another-has been a defining feature of war. DronesĪ Lightning Bug drone used during the Vietnam War- one of the first drones used for surveillance by the U.S. The Rise of the Predator Empire: Tracing the History of U.S. Ian Shaw (2016) The Urbanization of Drone Warfare: Policing Surplus Populations in the Dronepolis Ian Shaw (2016) Scorched Atmospheres: The Vietnam War and the Rise of Drone Warfare Ian Shaw and Majed Akhter (2014) The Dronification of State Violence

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Order my new book from the University of Minnesota Press: The Predator Empire: Drone Warfare and Full Spectrum Dominanceįor academic essays see Ian Shaw (2013) Predator Empire: The Geopolitics of U.S.