Drone Wars UK » Surveillance

Amidst the hoopla of the Farnborough Airshow last week, the Government launched what it described  as it’s ‘Drone Ambition Statement’.  However, ‘Advancing airborne autonomy: Commercial...

https://dronewars.net/2022/07/26/uk-government-release-drone-ambition-statement-to-renew-push-to-open-uk-skies-to-drones/

In the last few months Drone Wars and UK Drone Watch have organised protests outside RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and RAF Lossiemouth in North East Scotland. We were protesting the decision to ...

https://dronewars.net/2021/10/26/on-the-horizon-drone-spies-coming-to-uk-skies/

Our sister organisation, Drone Watch UK, is holding an online event to looking at the costs and risks of the planned opening of UK skies to large drones that fly ‘beyond visual line of sight’...

https://dronewars.net/2021/06/07/above-us-only-drones-the-safety-and-privacy-concerns-of-the-expanding-use-of-drones-in-the-uk/

A new report published today by Drone Wars UK investigates the increasing use of military-style drones by governments to patrol state borders. The study, which examines the use of drones at the b...

https://dronewars.net/2020/12/26/crossing-a-line-how-the-use-of-drones-to-secure-borders-threatens-everyones-rights/

Since 2010, Drone Wars UK has been shining a spotlight on the military’s use of drones and the impact on peace and security around the globe. Now, both in the US and in Europe, large military-g...

https://dronewars.net/2020/11/02/announcing-a-new-initiative-uk-drone-watch/

In 1978 the then-US under-Secretary of Defense, William Perry, declared that the Pentagon was seeking the ability “to be able to see all high-value targets on the battlefield at any time, to be...

https://dronewars.net/2020/05/27/book-review-visibility-equals-death-living-under-the-martial-gaze/