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Peace through war: shadowy AI firm opens new drone factory in Plymouth Helsing AI opens an arms factory in Britain as Labour ramps up militarisation—with concerns over secretive arms firms and Britain’s future

Peace through war: shadowy AI firm opens new drone factory in Plymouth - @thecanaryuk.bsky.social

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Lucky Dip: Drone companies await spending bonanza as Defence Investment Plan (DIP) to be revealed - Latest on Drone Wars UK: dronewars.net/2025/11/18/l...

Army secretary says drones pose "threat of humanity's lifetime," but he's "optimistic" about U.S. approach Army Secretary Dan Driscoll said drones pose "the threat of humanity's lifetime," but said he's "really optimistic" the government can find a solution.

US Army Secretary says drones pose "threat of humanity's lifetime". 🤦 Don't know whether to laugh or cry.

"They're like flying-IEDs... They're cheap, you can 3D-print them at home, and they cross borders incredibly quickly."

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UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers ‘Longstanding intelligence and law enforcement frameworks’ are continuing, Yvette Cooper says * UK politics live – latest updates * US politics live – latest updates Britain’s foreign secretary has downplayed reports that the UK had stopped sharing intelligence with the US that could be used by the Americans to conduct deadly attacks against alleged narco-traffickers in the Caribbean. Yvette Cooper, speaking on a ministerial trip to Naples, said “longstanding intelligence and law enforcement frameworks” that existed between the countries were continuing as the US deployed a carrier strike group to the region. Continue reading...

UK downplays reports it has stopped sharing intelligence with US regarding narco-traffickers

Understanding the health threats of drone warfare The use of drones as a weapon of war by both countries and non-state actors has transformed conflict. And as technology develops further—including autonomous unmanned weapon systems—implications for h...

Important and timely editorial from @thelancet.com

'Understanding the health threats of drone warfare' www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes The Trump administration has been accused of violating international law by carrying out lethal raids against suspected smugglers — and Britain is said to fear being complicit

UK stops sharing Caribbean drug intelligence with US over strikes -The Times www.thetimes.com/article/1fa7...

British army carries out trials of new surveillance/strike drones in Kenya defence-blog.com/british-army...

"A threat to us all": stark warning as UK military tests 'autonomous' sea drones Royal Navy have increased the UK military's capability when it comes to underwater drones, proving there's always money for war

“A threat to us all”: stark warning as UK military tests ‘autonomous’ sea drones www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

UK in £8bn deal to sell Typhoon jets to Turkey despite human rights concerns Starmer’s announcement on visit to Ankara comes as jailed opposition leader Ekrem İmamoğlu faces fresh charges

Seemingly no amount of carnage - from Yemen to Gaza - will cause Labour to deviate from it's decades-old policy of arming the world's worst human rights abusers with the most advanced means of violence. No war crimes too grave. No death toll too high.

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Huge funding going into military #drones

Financial Times graphic on Venture Capital funding:

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In Ethiopia, where there have been large numbers of civilian casualties from drone strikes, media are strongly challenging politicians when they argue the need more #drones. Where is that challenge here? www.facebook.com/Addisstandar...

Their drones bad! Our drones good! Our thoughts on Defence Secretary announcement that drones to be shot down dronewars.net/2025/10/20/t... @cnduk.bsky.social @peace-campaigns.quaker.org.uk

We're taking part in the #Stroud Peace Fair this weekend - running a workshop and information stall. Do come and say hello if you are in the area. Details: stlaurencestroud.uk/stroud-peace...

"A government approach to #AI grounded in #humansecurity not war is not only more ethical but far more likely to generate sustainable economic growth for the United Kingdom" says Matthew Croft in his overview of #Labour's push for military use of AI.

Collateral Damage: Economics and ethics are casualties in the militarisation of AI - Latest on Drone Wars UK: dronewars.net/2025/08/20/c...

I am sorry to inform you that most of the trends & themes I identified in my 2018 book Death Machines have only gotten worse. I just coincidentally revisited Joanna Frew's review of the book for @dronewarsuk.bsky.social (for which I'm very grateful) which succinctly highlights some of these themes.

UK crossing the line as it implements use of #AI for lethal targeting under Project Asgard - latest on Drone Wars UK: dronewars.net/2025/07/23/u...

Warfare rewired: drones and civilian risk Drone technology transforms military strategies and raises ethical concerns as civilian casualties rise around the world.

Important piece showing rise in civilian casualties from #proliferation of #drones over past decade
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The UK’s forgotten war: British drone strikes continue against ISIS - Latest on Drone Wars UK dronewars.net/2025/07/02/t...

Its incredibly dangerous that there is virtually no parliamentary or public oversight or accountability for UK drone strikes now. This must change. #TransparencyMatters #PublicAccountability

The White Helmets on X: "An individual was killed in a missile strike carried out by an unidentified drone targeting a motorcycle on the Sarmada–Bardaqli road in northern #Idlib, Tuesday, June 10. White Helmets teams inspected the site and reported no other casualties. Civilians at the scene recovered https://t.co/Xf3KbhqKbF" / X An individual was killed in a missile strike carried out by an unidentified drone targeting a motorcycle on the Sarmada–Bardaqli road in northern #Idlib, Tuesday, June 10. White Helmets teams inspected the site and reported no other casualties. Civilians at the scene recovered https://t.co/Xf3KbhqKbF

According to local reports, one person was killed and two civilians were injured and taken to hospital x.com/SyriaCivilDe...

RAF drone wiped out IS jihadi on a motorbike after tracking him through Syria AN RAF drone wiped out an IS jihadi on a motorbike after tracking him through Syria, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. The Islamist terrorist was taken out by a Hellfire missile fired from the £24milli…

UK drone strike in Syria on 10th June - possible UK targeted killing - didn't get a mention during Defence Questions yesterday. No written statement from Defence Secretary not even an update on MoD's Op Shader page. Just a leak to The Sun newspaper. www.thesun.co.uk/news/3561247...

Unhappy birthday to us.

We're 15 years old today and the government is publishing its Strategic Defence Review pushing drones and high-tech war.

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Massive spending on lethal military drones will only make the world a much more dangerous place dronewars.net/2025/05/30/t...

UK to invest £2bn in drones to make army ‘10 times more lethal’ Strategic defence review will make Britain ‘battle-ready’, says Keir Starmer

UK to invest £2bn in drones to make army '10 times more lethal' - The Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Unhappy birthday to us.

We're 15 years old today and the government is publishing its Strategic Defence Review pushing drones and high-tech war.

You can help challenge this.

Wish us a happy birthday and share our birthday appeal! crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-the-d...
Onwards!

Its our 15th birthday on Monday!

The spread of military drones around the globe is causing severe harm and we need help to keep challenging drone warfare. If you can make a donation towards our birthday appeal we'd be very grateful! Please share!

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Thinking of all those experts who told us over the years that 'drones' were not a thing...

Ahead of publication of Strategic Defence Review on Monday, our short briefing challenges the dangerous political consensus that's been built around a huge increase in funding for #drones #AI and high-tech warfare dronewars.net/2025/05/30/t...

Largest ever UK defence AI trial conducted across land, sea and air Sailors and air crews are set to benefit from new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities following the UK's largest ever multi-domain AI trial, bringing together land, sea and air equipment.

Largest ever UK defence AI trial conducted across land, sea and air - MoD Press Release www.gov.uk/government/n...