Agent Orange has been linked to many health problems in Vietnam veterans and Vietnamese civilians. Thousands have died from conditions likely brought on by exposure to Agent Orange. The herbicide, and its component dioxin, is considered to be one of the most dangerous substances in the world ...
In the construction industry, drone mapping is being used to create accurate topographic maps, survey job sites, and monitor progress on construction projects. Drone Mapping is also used to help set up site logistics. With drone maps and models, executive planners can showcase how each phase of...
The U.K. nonprofit Airwars estimates that between 78 and 154 Somali civilians have died in strikes either confirmed or likely to have been conducted by U.S. forces. But the new report—based on interviews with Somali civilians affected by airstrikes, Somali officials, and defectors from al-...
“I couldn’t count how many dead because I was running for my life.” Legend “They are shooting anything that moves outside…Stay safe through the night. And if I don’t make it through the night let it be known that I died fighting for our freedom, for what we believe in.” ...
The GHQ Air Force would function as a centralized unit for long-distance strikes. As part of this effort, 1935 also marks the unveiling by the Boeing Airplane Co. of the Model 299, a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber that would transform air battles that was eventually coined the “B...
But when a target travels into Somalia, “that’s his ass”, the former official added, referring to the deadly US programme of drone strikes, backed by special force raids. ‘Less constraint’ Kenya’s burgeoning role in regional counter-terrorism in this period...
The GHQ Air Force would function as a centralized unit for long-distance strikes. As part of this effort, 1935 also marks the unveiling by the Boeing Airplane Co. of the Model 299, a long-range, four-engine heavy bomber that would transform air battles that was eventually coined the “B...
This has led many social scientists to refer to such tactics as the "weapon of the weak." Yet while guerilla warfare may entail violence against civilians, it isn't generally defined by it. This leads us back to the more specific definition of terrorism as the systematic use of violence ...
The most dramatic report was on drone strikes in Syria in which civilians were killed, at least three of whom were British citizens. David Cameronexplained in 2015that the deaths were the first time a UK drone had been used to kill someone in a country with which Britain was not at war....
Two, it demonstrated that they had no compunction about killing as many civilians as possible. There's a very famous formulation about terrorism from the 1970s by Bryan Jenkins, one of the main academics to study terrorism in this country: you want a lot of people ...