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Getting to grips with military robotics
PETER SINGER, AN expert on future warfare at the New America think-tank, is in no doubt. “What we have is a series of technologies that change the game. They’re not science fi...
By Paul Scharre & Robert O. Work
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Russia says it killed rebels behind swarm drone attack in Syria, but experts see more such strikes ahead
Russia's defense ministry said Friday it tracked down and killed the group of militants responsible for a recent coordinated drone attack against one of its bases in Syria. Ex...
By Paul Scharre
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How the Pentagon is preparing for the coming drone wars
More than a decade after the improvised explosive device became the scourge of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon is battling another relatively rudimentary device...
By Paul Scharre
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Chinese drones may soon swarm the market — and that could be very bad for the US
China showed off some of its latest drone models and projects at this year's Dubai Airshow and it looks like many spectators were interested. China has seen a dramatic increas...
By Paul Scharre
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The US Shot Down a Mysterious Enemy Drone Over Syria
A US Air Force F-15 jet fighter has shot down a large, armed drone that attacked pro-US forces near At Tanf, a strategic town in southeastern Syria near the border with Iraq. ...
By Paul Scharre
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UAS are everywhere, and it takes all types of technology to defeat them
The drone buzzed over U.S. ground troops in southern Syria. It was big, about the size of a Predator, and it was armed. Without warning, it fired. The munition “hit dirt,” a P...
By Paul Scharre
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Disposable Drones Could Deliver Supplies Under Enemy Fire
Gliders offer many advantages on the battlefield, not the least of which are low cost and silent operation—two things the military loves. That explains their prevalence during...
By Paul Scharre
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How to Manage a Swarm
Our interview for the April -- June Critical Thinking with Paul Scharre--he's a Ranger vet who did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan who is now a robotics expert at the Center for...
By Paul Scharre
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Global Perspectives on Israel and Russia
This week on the Proliterated Drones website, drone experts explain how Israel and Russia use drones and see drones being used in the future. ...
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CNAS Launches Briefing and Infographics on Autonomous Weapons
In advance of next week’s global meetings on autonomous weapons, CNAS is releasing a briefing report and infographic on autonomous weapons and human control....
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Why drone swarms will buzz to the forefront in the new Pentagon budget
In The Washington Post, Senior Fellow Paul Scharre weighs in on the importance of drone swarms in the U.S. military....
By Paul Scharre
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Podcast: How Drones Are Reshaping the World
On an America Abroad podcast, Senior fellows Ben FitzGerald and Paul Scharre look at how drones are revolutionizing the skies, and how this technology has moved from science f...
By Ben FitzGerald & Paul Scharre
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Activists Calling for a Ban on 'Killer Robots' Raise Alarm Over an Uncertain Threat
Senior Fellow and Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative Paul Scharre examines potential challenges with autonomous weapons in VICE News....
By Paul Scharre
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Pakistan Joins Exclusive Drone Club, With Nod to China
Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler and Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Technology and National Security Research Program Michael Horowitz discuss the uses of drones in Bloomberg....
By Kelley Sayler
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More Sophisticated, Autonomous Unmanned Aircraft on the Horizon
Senior Fellow and Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative Paul Scharre and Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler are interviewed on their report focused on proliferated drones in Nat...
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre
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Move over, PlayStation: Sony gets into the drone business
Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler discusses exemptions given by the FAA for drone usage in the United States in The Christian Science Monitor....
By Kelley Sayler
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Robot soldiers
Senior Fellow and Director of the 20YY Warfare Initiative Paul Scharre examines the impact of robots on ground warfare in FT....
By Paul Scharre
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Air Force struggles to keep pace with explosion in the use of combat drones
Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler discusses challenges to the Air Force due to the reduction in flight capacity in The Washington Post....
By Kelley Sayler
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Small Drones Are A Big Danger; Think Flying IEDs: CNAS
Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler talks with Sydney Freedberg, Jr. at Breaking Defense regarding her report, "A World of Proliferated Drones: A Technology Primer."...
By Kelley Sayler
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China’s (Not So Scary) Drone Army
Senior Fellow Paul Scharre and Associate Fellow Kelley Sayler discuss China's drone army with Breaking Defense....
By Kelley Sayler & Paul Scharre