drone war
America Is Going to Fight ISIS With Algorithms
Drone surveillance feeds will be monitored by the Pentagon's new Algorithmic Warfare team.
'I Can’t Feel My Toes': Read Chilling Testimonials from US Drone Pilots
A new RAND study on the mental health of America's drone personnel offers a raw glimpse at the psychological toll of the job.
The Islamic State Conducted Hundreds of Drone Strikes in Less Than a Month
A database of 113 images collated by a military analyst proves the scale of the terror group’s drone effort.
The Islamic State Conducted Hundreds of Drone Strikes in Less Than a Month
A database of 113 images collated by a military analyst proves the scale of the terror group’s drone effort.
This Elegant, Black and White Drone Photography is Not What It Seems
The Drone War comes to US soil in the work of documentary photographer Tomas Van Houtryve.
Life on a CIA Kill List in Pakistan
Malik Jalal believes he is on a secret CIA kill list and claims to have narrowly avoided four separate drone strikes. VICE News met him to find out why.
The Problem With Using Metadata to Justify Drone Strikes
When marking someone for death is like feeling around in the dark.
Russia Is Swarming the Arctic With Military Drones
Russia’s has announced a new "heavy drone" it will use to "control" the Arctic. It's just the latest to join the swarm.
Hundreds of Thousands of Pakistani Civilians Have Been Fleeing Tribal Areas
The Pakistani military's operation began on June 15 following the breakdown in peace negotiations between the government and the Pakistani Taliban after an attack on the Karachi airport by the Pakistani Taliban and Uzbek militants. That attack served...
Iran Has Reverse-Engineered a US Drone. So What?
Iran will have to do more than simply copy a captured US drone if it hopes to match America's singular capacity for drone warfare.
Tonight on 'VICE' on HBO: Scrapping with David Choe
Once-great American manufacturing cities like Detroit and Cleveland are full of rusting scrap metal. Tonight on VICE on HBO, David Choe meets the people who risk their lives to find scrap metal, visits the scrapyards that buy scrap, and follows...
Yemen's Bedouin Tribes Are Getting Sick of US Drone Strikes
Depending on which report you read, between 12 and 17 people died in the drone attack in Yemen on December 12, 2013. The youngest was 20, the oldest 65. Now, their families want answers, and in this forgotten corner of the Arab Spring, the government...