The era of autonomous warfare will not announce itself with robotic armies marching across battlefields. Instead, it is already emerging, quietly and inexorably, in the skies and fields of eastern ...
Author Mark Bowden writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: Though unmanned, remote-controlled drones had been used in times of war since World War II, they were revolutionized in 1995. The Gnat, ...
FT HUACHUCA, Ariz. - Inside a windowless and dark shipping container turned into a high-tech surveillance command center, two analysts peered at their own set of six screens that showed data coming in ...
When MQ-9 Predator drones flew over anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles this summer, it was the first time they had been dispatched to monitor demonstrations on U.S. soil since 2020, and their use ...
From an Army base in the Arizona desert, analysts used an MQ-9 Predator B drone with AI-powered radar to hunt migrants crossing the border. These types of drones, once used in wartime, have emerged as ...
The unmanned aircraft flying over eastern North Dakota on a cold February morning isn’t the kind you’d fly in your back yard. The Predator is about the size of small private aircraft. Brian Franke is ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. MQ-9 Predator drones were deployed over Los Angeles to monitor anti-ICE protests in June. Rights groups warn ...