Inside the ‘cockpit’ of a drone: the asymmetry of modern war
It was a weird feeling, standing there in my suit and tie at the edge of the virtual battle space. Because the asymmetry of power is massively dramatized in this drone ‘cockpit’.
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The government denies Taliban claims it shot down a military helicopter in Afghanistan killing five British servicemen, calling the crash a “tragic accident” as tributes are paid to those who died.
The Afghan Taliban claim to have shot down a UK military helicopter which crashed on Saturday, killing five Isaf servicemen – all of whom are thought to be British.
Former US Army interpreter Hekmatullah Wahidi learns this week if he can appeal his deportation from the UK. But if he returns to his native Afghanistan, he is “certain” the Taliban will kill him.
British-led Task Force Helmand comes to an end after eight years of frontline military operations in Afghanistan involving tens of thousands of UK servicemen and women.
The resort is the playground of Russia’s elite, and in February hosts the Winter Olympics. But Sochi sits on one of the global flashpoints for Islamist terror. Who threatens the games – and why?
It was a weird feeling, standing there in my suit and tie at the edge of the virtual battle space. Because the asymmetry of power is massively dramatized in this drone ‘cockpit’.
Are we more likely to leave Europe under Labour or a Labour-LibDem coalition than under the Tories?
The cover of the latest Rolling Stone magazine, which features Boston bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev, has caused a storm of outrage. Is it glamourising his alleged crime?
The prime minister visits troops on the front line in Afghanistan as a senior British commander claimed talks with the Taliban should have been attempted a decade ago.
Defence Secretary Philip Hammond confirms up to 90 Afghans are being detained at Camp Bastion, but the government hopes to transfer them to Afghan custody in the near future.
A Labour MP argues that unemployment and economic downturn are helping spawn a generation of disaffected young men who are increasingly drawn to homophobia, machismo and misogyny.
Post Boston, the issue is primarily political in the case of these violent, angry, disaffected young men. But we’ve been here before – and instead of politics we offer war.
A Nato air strike kills at least ten children in the Kunar province of Afghanistan, with a further six women believed to have been injured, according to local politicians.
The controversy over Paolo Di Canio’s comments in support of fascism and Mussolini are by-products of a continuing campaign by Italy’s far-right to rehabilitate their image and re-write history.
As Northern Ireland prepares to host this year’s G8 summit, the fragile peace is being tested by militant republican groups competing to outdo each other and take their war to the security services.