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132358
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How and to what extent is the preventive use of force becoming the future of foreign policy for states around the world? We explore the spread of preventive logic to increasing numbers of states and examine the degree to which an international norm toward preventive self-defense is cascading in the international system. Through content and comparative case study analysis, we investigate leaders' rhetoric and security policies concerning what we theorize is the key indicator of a country's emulation of the United States: assertion of the right to the unilateral, preventive use of force outside of its borders. Our evidence indicates that there has been a shift away from the established international norm-which considers the use of preventive force illegal and illegitimate-toward growing acceptance of unilateral preventive strategies, a shift largely propelled by the precedents set by the United States in the war in Iraq and its use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones) in the global war on terror. Our findings also reveal that some states are applying the strategy of preventive self-defense beyond the use of UAVs for targeted killings to the extreme contingency plan for nuclear war. We conclude by discussing possibilities for further research and considering the implications of this phenomenon.
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133321
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2014.
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The author look at challenges created by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs) used in groups, specific control organization and next generation technologies employed to developed onboard control system to navigate groups of UAVs
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125835
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2013.
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The biennial airshow China has become more than just an aerospace event. It is now a shop window for China's defence industry, particularly the air defence (AD) and land defence system.
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131728
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2014.
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Micro and nano UAVs are emerging as the latest link in the unmanned chain and are finding their niche on the modern battlefield. However how they will develop in future remains to be seen.
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132264
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2014.
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Unlike the four earlier editions of international trade media briefings (TMB) this time around the head of airbus defence and space (military aircraft), Doningo - Urea Raso appeared a bit subdued initially. But it was just play of light in the fading hours of the day at La-Hacienda, a 17th century Andalusian fort of the outskirt of Seville.
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129650
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2014.
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Among the most distinctive features of US President Barack Obama's counterterrorism strategy has been his reliance on unmanned aerial vehicles-more commonly known as drones-to target terrorist operatives around the globe. The use of drones has rapidly expanded beyond the battlefields where US troops have openly engaged in conflict, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, to a range of undeclared combat zones, including Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. According to an official estimate, the US military launched in 1,160 drone strikes in Afghanistan alone between 2009 and 2012.
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ID:
129132
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2014.
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The Defense Department's chief weapons tester called in January for the redesign of a key component of the U.S. system intended to intercept long-range missiles launched from North Korea or Iran, raising questions about the department's plans to expand the current system. J. Michael Gilmore, the Pentagon's director of operational test and evaluation, wrote in his annual report, released Jan. 29, that recent test failures of the U.S. ground-based interceptor (GBI) system raise concerns about the system's reliability and suggested that the missile's exoatmospheric kill vehicle (EKV) be redesigned to assure it is "robust against failure." Echoing Gilmore's view, Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, told a Feb. 25 conference in Washington, "We've got to get to more reliable [missile defense] systems." Merely "patching the things we've got is probably not going to be adequate. So we're going to have to go beyond that," he said. The EKV plays a central role in the missile defense mission. It is lifted into space by a booster rocket and then uses its onboard sensors to locate an incoming enemy warhead and destroy it on impact. U.S. officials have compared the task to hitting a bullet with another bullet.
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132986
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2014.
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Manned and un-manned airframe design combines aerodynamics, material technology and manufacturing methods to achieve balances of performance, reliability and cost, critical for today's shrinking defence budget.
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ID:
133326
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2014.
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The authors put forward an alternative method to detect and recognize aerial objects by observing their condensation trails (contrail and vapor trails) through multichannel optoelectronic system (MOES)
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131326
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2014.
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This paper provides a political economy analysis of the evolution of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), or 'drones' in the USA. Focus is placed on the interplay between the polity and private economic influences, and their impact on the trajectory of political, economic, and military outcomes. We identify the initial formation of the drone industry, trace how the initial relationships between the military and the private sector expanded over time, and discuss present relationships. Understanding the historical evolution of UAV technology, as well as the major players in the industry today, is important for ongoing policy debates regarding the use of drones both domestically and internationally.
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ID:
131729
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2014.
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Operators around the world are finally building experience filing their NH90s. Pieter Bastiaans, Ian Bostock, Gereth and Luca Peruzzi report on some of the prominent users progress to date.
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131756
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2014.
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the employment of non-traditional payloads and the ability to operate in contested airspace are key issues for the future application of the US Marine Corps (USMC) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) according to Lieutenant Colonel John Thurman.
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