AltWeeklies Wire
Keeping Up With the Dronesnew
Navigating FAA regulations and Tennessee law can be tricky, but drones are here to stay.
Nashville Scene |
Steve Haruch |
08-11-2014 |
Tech
Tags: Drones, Tennessee drone laws
The American Way of Deathnew
Whether it’s OK to use killer drones to blow people up depends on their citizenship and geographic proximity to the Good Old USA.
Drone warfare: politically expedient and disturbingly inaccuratenew
Roughly 50 deadly strikes using drones occurred during George W. Bush's eight years in office. By contrast, in the three-plus years of the Obama presidency, there have been close to 300, and those strikes have killed as many as 3,000 people.
INDY Week |
Jonathan Weiler |
05-12-2012 |
Commentary
Tags: Drones
Drone Zone: High-Tech War Games in Oregon?new
If senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley have their way, and the FAA reauthorization bill is signed into law with an increase in drone-testing areas inserted, then a swath of high desert, currently home to sage grouse and antelope, could become prime real estate for drones or more accurately, unmanned aerial systems. As war becomes more and more like a high tech video game, the question becomes: Does Oregon want to be in the business of testing killing machines?
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
05-20-2011 |
War
Drone Trainingnew
As demand mounts for unmanned missions, the Air Force launches drone training.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Pam Zubeck |
09-27-2010 |
War
Tags: drones, Air Force Academy
Home to Windsurfers, Microbrews, and Drones That Kill America’s Enemiesnew
One day in the Columbia Gorge, Tad McGeer watched a video from a battlefield 7,000 miles away. Filmed from the air, the footage revealed tiny figures moving about an open field below. Suddenly, the figures were engulfed in an explosive fireball.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-03-2010 |
War
Bless Our Dronesnew
The drone operator, typically a high school graduate from Marion, Ind., sits safely on the ground in a control module somewhere in Australia; he looks at a screen and flies the drone with a gaming handset similar to what he uses to play Mario Bros.
Weekly Alibi |
Alex Limkin |
12-15-2009 |
Commentary
