Drones

Science & Technology

Get Ready for a New Generation of Drones

The high-tech robots are getting smaller, deadlier and more autonomous

Reason Staff | 8.16.2012 1:56 PM

Policy

Hypersonic Aircraft Doesn't Fly

The Air Force's unmanned craft had to be destroyed during a test

Reason Staff | 8.15.2012 3:56 PM

Policy

American Drones Wage Quiet War in Africa

Flying from secret bases, armed, unmanned U.S. warplanes wage bloody battle against Islamic militants

Reason Staff | 8.13.2012 4:28 PM

Politics

US Drone War in Africa a Little Less HIdden

A collection of reports, statements, and "informed conjecture" are helping to unmask one of America's shadow wars.

Reason Staff | 8.13.2012 7:40 AM

Politics

Which Presidential Candidate Has Killed More Innocents? Let the SuperPACs Fight it Out!

Brian Doherty | 8.9.2012 7:52 PM

Policy

Canada Goes Crazy for Drones

The country's military wants to spend $1 billion on unmanned armed aircraft

Reason Staff | 8.7.2012 5:16 PM

World

Russia Lags in Drone Tech

Won't be ready for combat use until 2040.

Reason Staff | 8.6.2012 3:08 PM

World

Brits Developing Sea Drones That Could Attack Submarines and Other Vessels

The underwater drones could be deployed off the coasts of Somalia and Iran

Reason Staff | 8.3.2012 8:20 AM

Policy

Drones Down!

Two expensive unmanned flying machines went head to head over the desert

Reason Staff | 8.2.2012 6:08 PM

Science & Technology

Congressman Wants Privacy Rules for Drones

"When it comes to privacy protections for the American people, drones are flying blind."

Reason Staff | 8.1.2012 10:45 PM

Science & Technology

The U.S. Navy Has UFOs Now

Military testing batwing-shaped drone in Maryland.

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 3:25 PM

Politics

Obama's Adventures in Africa

Four years ago, few would have predicted that one of President Obama's legacies would be increased militarization of U.S. policy toward Africa.

Gene Healy | 7.31.2012 12:00 PM

Civil Liberties

Gene Healy on Obama's Adventures in Africa

Reason Staff | 7.31.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Obama's Wars: Biting Drone-War Parodies and The Dawood Military Hospital Scandal

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.27.2012 7:25 PM

Politics

North Dakota the New Center for Drone Concerns

Calvin Thompson | 7.23.2012 1:36 PM

Politics

No Innocent Pakistanis Killed by Drones in 2012 Still Untrustworthy Summation of Incomplete Data

Lucy Steigerwald | 7.17.2012 10:05 PM

Politics

Drone Records Gush from FAA Spigot, But Privacy Issues Not a Priority

Scott Shackford | 7.16.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

"Interrogation Has Been Replaced by Assassination"

Jesse Walker | 7.13.2012 11:12 AM

Politics

Drone Code of Conduct Says and Accomplishes Nothing

Calvin Thompson | 7.10.2012 3:05 PM

Politics

Jimmy Carter Blasts Obama Foreign Policy Without Mentioning President By Name Once

Ed Krayewski | 6.25.2012 3:09 PM

Politics

Ed Krayewski on Drones Coming Home with RT America's Liz Wahl

Ed Krayewski | 6.22.2012 9:26 AM

Politics

Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal?

Q and A w Newsweek's Eli Lake

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.18.2012 3:00 PM

Politics

Top 5 Pieces of Good News in the Bad News

Tired of bad news? Maybe you're just taking it the wrong way.

Ed Krayewski | 6.16.2012 12:00 PM

Politics

Rand Paul Reminds Libertarians: I'm Good on Civil Liberties, TSA and Drone Division

Brian Doherty | 6.15.2012 6:23 PM

Politics

Watching the Watchers: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 6.12.2012 1:49 PM

Politics

Border Patrol "procured unmanned aircraft before implementing adequate plans," Not Using Drones They Have, More on the Way

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2012 2:43 PM

Politics

Eric Holder Was "Mesmerized" and "Repulsed" by Video of Christopher Hitchens Waterboarding

Ed Krayewski | 6.4.2012 10:15 AM

Politics

Drones Are Better Than All-Out War So Obama is Okay

Lucy Steigerwald | 6.1.2012 9:34 PM

Politics

A Petition to the White House for a Do Not Kill List

Ed Krayewski | 5.31.2012 1:45 PM

Politics

Wherein the New York Times Describes President Obama's Role as Drone War Kill List Decider-in-Chief

Ed Krayewski | 5.29.2012 2:58 PM

Politics

John Yoo: The Real Thing to Worry About With Drones is Their Use by Private Citizens

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.25.2012 10:39 PM

Politics

Friday Fun Utterly Horrifying Link: Meet Blasty the Drone!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.25.2012 12:13 PM

Politics

The Drone Program Officially Exists as Confirmed By Counter-terrorism Chief John Brennan, But How Classified is the Program?

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.23.2012 7:00 PM

Politics

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! No, It's… a Drone, or a Hoax

Ed Krayewski | 5.18.2012 1:57 PM

Politics

Charles Krauthammer Goes "Hard Left" and Rants Against Domestic Drones: Or, Killing People Abroad is Okay, But Spying at Home is Wrong

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.16.2012 10:30 PM

Politics

A Lesson For President Obama From Julius Caesar, via Glenn Greenwald

Ed Krayewski | 5.8.2012 11:33 AM

Politics

Your Daily Dystopia: Drone Edition

Jesse Walker | 5.8.2012 8:58 AM

Politics

Pax Americana: Catch & Release, Indefinite Detention, and Death from the Sky

Ed Krayewski | 5.7.2012 12:11 PM

Politics

About Those Al-Qaeda Affiliates and the Never-Ending War on Terror

Ed Krayewski | 5.3.2012 11:07 AM

Politics

The ACLU Blogs an Oppressive, Drone-Filled Hypothetical Future

Lucy Steigerwald | 5.2.2012 7:45 PM

Politics

Donald Rumsfeld Called Out for Bin Laden Hypocrisy That Isn't Really

Ed Krayewski | 5.2.2012 5:57 PM

Civil Liberties

U.S. Doesn't Need To Know A Person's Name to Kill Him in a Drone Strike

Peter Suderman | 4.27.2012 3:27 PM

Politics

CIA Looking for Expanded Authority for Drone War in Yemen

Ed Krayewski | 4.18.2012 9:03 PM

Politics

Drones Are a Fact of Life (and a Meme) But the Pakistani Parliament Requests the U.S. Stop With the Strikes

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.16.2012 7:03 PM

Politics

Newt Gingrich Tells Us About the Justice System and Experts

Ed Krayewski | 4.11.2012 7:42 PM

Politics

U.S. Not Allowing Pakistani Drone Lawyer Into Country

Ed Krayewski | 4.10.2012 1:10 PM

Politics

Canadian Privacy Commissioner Worried About Drones Patrolling the Border, Too Much U.S. Influence

Lucy Steigerwald | 4.2.2012 8:05 PM

Politics

Eric Holder: U.S. Government Can Kill U.S. Citizens if the Threat is Serious and Capture "isn't feasible"

Lucy Steigerwald | 3.5.2012 7:00 PM