drone program, which includes a look at the civilian deaths caused by drones. Indeed, Kill Chain opens with a detailed, and frankly disgusting, recounting of a 2011 incident in Afghanistan in which an Air Force drone crew, in its eagerness to strike insurgents. Frew stresses the urgent need for international controls, and queries whether existing controls on exports (already being undermined in the US) were adequate. Andrew Cockburn’s latest book, Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins, is a well-researched takedown of the U.S. (The first group was the US, UK and Israel.) The report also estimates that a further 11 states would soon be deploying drones, and that China was increasing export of them. 4.įrew summarizes a new report, issued by Drone Wars UK, on development and use of armed drones by a 'second generation' of nine states (including China, Iran and Turkey) and several non-state actors developing and using armed drones. See also: Frew, Joanna, 'Drone Wars: the next generation', Peace News, 2618-2619, June-July 2018, p.
Cockburn documents the technological failings of drones, often unable to distinguish targeted individuals from others nearby, and the 'trigger-happy' attitudes of some soldiers using them. 336 (pb)Ĭritical assessment of today's 'military industrial complex' and also the role of drones in the US wars in Afghanistan and in targeting 'terrorists'.
Cockburn, Andrew, Kill Chain: Drones and the Rise of High-Tech Assassins, London, Verso, 2015, pp.
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