UAVs

Drone Technology Proliferation in Small Wars

SWJED — Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:18:28 +0000

Drone Technology Proliferation in Small Wars SWJED Wed, 10/02/2019 - 8:18am

The recent drone attacks targeting critical components of Saudi Arabia’s energy sector, highlighted by the September fourteenth attacks on Saudi Arabia’s Khurais oilfield and Abqaiq refinery, demonstrate the strategic effect small drones can make in conflict zones.

Micro-UAV Augmented 3D Tactics

SWJED — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 05:29:34 +0000

Micro-UAV Augmented 3D Tactics

Written as a tactics, techniques and procedure analysis, this paper attempts to extend the notion of 3D tactics in the context of new and emerging technology. The paper will also look at the implications for modelling the observe-orient-decide-act (OODA) loop decision making process.

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Narco-Drones: A New Way to Transport Drugs

SWJED — Wed, 05 Jul 2017 05:34:19 +0000

Narco-Drones: A New Way to Transport Drugs SWJED Wed, 07/05/2017 - 1:34am

A narcotrafficking technique first used in Mexico now expands to other countries in Central and South America.

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The Evolution of Punishment: Drones, High-Value Targeting, and the Neurobiology of Mechanical Justice

SWJED — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 17:49:16 +0000

The Evolution of Punishment: Drones, High-Value Targeting, and the Neurobiology of Mechanical Justice

An illusion persists where people seem somehow convinced that the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to kill is somehow safer or better than available alternatives.

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ISIL & Drones: Understand the Network to Defeat the Network

SWJED — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 00:40:44 +0000

ISIL & Drones: Understand the Network to Defeat the Network

A partial solution is not expensive, created from exotic materials, or overly glamorous, but rather, an approach that requires only the slightest redirection of priorities.

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