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Army's all-seeing, super blimp makes debut flight

The U.S. Army has launched the debut flight of its massive Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV), a souped-up blimp designed to fly continuously for 21 days and provide full surveillance of an area.

(Source: CNN)

Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines

UAS industry promises to not be evil as domestic drone deadline looms.

(Source: Ars Technica)

Terminator Planet: How America Became an Empire of Drones

The New Obama Doctrine, A Six-Point Plan for Global War

What looks today like a formula for easy power projection that will further U.S. imperial interests on the cheap could soon prove to be an unmitigated disaster — one that likely won’t be apparent until it’s too late.

(Source: tomdispatch.com)

Your Future Be Full of Robot Assassins and Spy Aircraft

Washington has ensured that drones will proliferate everywhere on what, for all of us, will turn out to be the worst possible terms.  Assassination was once a complex, secret, shameful, difficult to arrange, and relatively rare act of state.  Now, it’s as normal, easy, and — amazingly enough — almost as open as sending a diplomat to another country.

How America's Security-Industrial Complex Went Insane

If no one knows if our security-industrial complex is making us safer, why have we built it? Why are we still building it, at breakneck speed?