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Surge in Drone Warfare Leads Pentagon to Open School for U.S. Troops
Small inexpensive “off the shelf” drones like those Ukraine is using against Russia, and Hamas is deploying against Israel, are transforming modern warfare. To train American ...
By Stacie Pettyjohn
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Small drones at war in Ukraine
Both Russia and Ukraine are using small, commercially available drones for surveillance and in some cases, to attack military targets. Host Marco Werman speaks with Samuel Ben...
By Samuel Bendett
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Design Flaw in Russian Tanks impacts War in Ukraine
Reporter Matt Bradley discusses how a design flaw in Russian tanks is impacting its readiness. Samuel Bendett weighs in.Watch the full interview from Morning Joe....
By Samuel Bendett
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The True Cost Of Killer Drones
Is it better to have a person pull the trigger or is it OK to let computer algorithms choose between life and death? Paul Scharre joins Business Insider to discuss. Watch the...
By Paul Scharre
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Drone Warfare Just Got Deadlier | System Error
Drone warfare has transformed combat. Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air force utilized Turkish-made drones to offset some of Russia’s enormous military...
By Paul Scharre
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The Dangers of Potential Russian Counter-UAV Technology Exports to Latin America
The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology has proliferated globally, resulting in myriad uses, both military and civilian. With the steady rise in non-military uses comes t...
By Samuel Bendett
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Ep. 75: The next big thing(s) in unmanned systems
This episode, we'll explore emerging trends in unmanned systems. We’ll start in the air, before turning to the land and sea in a review of Russian-made systems and military th...
By Samuel Bendett
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Robots in Action: How a Pandemic Affects the Future Face of the Armed Forces
With COVID-19 restrictions in place to safeguard human lives, using “substitute” technologies has never been more important....
By Samuel Bendett
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The future of war: Autonomous weapons, AI, and cyberwarfare
How will emerging technologies shape the conduct and consequences of war? And how will they impact civilian security? Today on Displaced, Loren DeJonge Schulman and Erin Simps...
By Loren DeJonge Schulman & Erin Simpson
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Why Drones Are Still the Future of War
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air suppo...
By Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Military and Non-State Actor Uses of Commercial Drones
By Jeremy Hsu, Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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The Coming Drone Wars: A Headache in the Making for American Foreign Policy
In June, the United States shot down two Iranian-made armed drones used by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The fact that the shoot down (and the existence of the armed dron...
By Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Drones and the MTCR
In this episode of the Drones Podcast Series, CNAS experts Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander, and Paul Scharre discuss the Missile Technology Control Regime....
By Michael Horowitz, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: U.S. Policy and Exports
On this episode, Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, and Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss U.S. policy changes on unmanned aircraft exports in recent years....
By Michael Horowitz, Dan Gettinger, Alexandra Sander & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Transparency on Use of Drones
Luke Hartig, a fellow in New America's International Security program, and Loren DeJonge Schulman, a senior fellow at CNAS, discuss transparency on the U.S. use of drones. Hos...
By Luke Hartig, Loren DeJonge Schulman & Paul Scharre
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Drones Podcast Series: Emerging Norms
Rachel Stohl, a senior associate with Stimson Center's Managing Across Boundaries Initiative, joins CNAS' Paul Scharre and Alexandra Sander to discuss emerging norms for drone...
By Paul Scharre & Alexandra Sander
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Drones Podcast Series: Patterns of Proliferation
Dan Gettinger of the Center for the Study of the Drone, UPenn Professor Mike Horowitz, and CNAS Research Associate Alexandra Sander join Paul Scharre to discuss patterns of dr...
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Pentagon investing billions to develop autonomous weapons
By Paul Scharre
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A Revolution in Artificial Intelligence
The Cipher Brief spoke with Paul Scharre about the rationale for, and complications presented by, the development of autonomous weapons systems that could eventually choose an...
By Paul Scharre
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Yes, Unmanned Combat Aircraft are the Future
Will the next U.S. fighter aircraft be manned, contrary to the predictions of technologists and policymakers like Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus? That is the prediction of Co...
By Paul Scharre