Drone Proliferation Update, January 2021
Over the last few months have seen a number of significant developments in relation to the increasing proliferation of armed drones. The most significant of these have been the use of Turkish Bayraktar...
View ArticleTurkey driving drone proliferation in its quest for market supremacy
As the mass-produced version of Turkey’s new Akinci drone passed its maiden flight test, Poland announced that it will buy several models of its ancestor, the Bayraktar TB2. “We negotiated a contract...
View ArticleLong read: Six strikes that show the reality of drone warfare today
Weddings. Hospitals. Refugee camps. Aid workers. All have become the target of lethal strikes this year due to the spreading use of drones by a growing number of states. Here we detail six particular...
View ArticleDrones with European components significantly impact Ethiopian conflict
It is now widely known that Ethiopia’s Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed Ali, has depended on the use of military drones to turn the tide in a bloody internal conflict waged against Tigrayan rebels. Fighting...
View ArticleArmed drone proliferation update – March ’23
We have fully updated our list of countries operating medium altitude, long endurance (MALE) armed drones as typified by the MQ-9 Reaper and Bayraktar TB2. Just to emphasis, our list does not include...
View ArticleProliferation of armed drones continues apace resulting in numerous civilian...
New data from Drone Wars UK shows that more than forty states now operate large ‘Predator-type’ armed drones, with twenty-two countries having acquired these armed drones since the beginning of 2021,...
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