Tag: Syria
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Erdoğan son-in-law wants to equip world’s first drone carrier
After Turkey’s exclusion from the F35 programme, the fighter jets on the aircraft carrier “Anadolu” could be replaced by armed drones. Turkey could be the first country in the world to have an aircraft carrier with combat drones. The ship…
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The Turkish Drone War over Nagorno-Karabakh: Gamechanger for more unmanned armament?
Video lecture 11 March at 7 pm (CET) The lecture in English was simultaneously translated into German. See it on YouTube in original language. The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia in autumn 2020 is considered the first inter-state conflict won through…
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Can police databases kill?
It is hardly possible for asylum seekers to correct wrong entries in German information systems. In North Rhine-Westphalia, these false entries led to the death of Amad Ahmad. In Hesse, too, this digital police arbitrariness is now becoming evident. On…
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New arms deal: Ukraine wants armed drone fleet from Turkey
Turkey is one of the few countries that manufactures, exports, deploys armed drones abroad and even at home. The unmanned offensive weapons could soon be manufactured in Ukraine. A jointly produced drone-bomber is also expected to go into series production…
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Ukraine and Serbia are new European drone powers
Four European states now have armed drones, two of which already use them to combat “terrorism”. Another four might consider to weaponize units which have already been ordered, including Germany. All leading manufacturers of unmanned weapons systems from the USA,…
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NATO establishes biometric database, US military has it already
The U.S. Department of Defense stores biometric data on more than seven million people, mostly from war zones. Refugee organizations also collect millions of facial images, irises and fingerprints of people seeking protection. They may also find their way to…