{"id":142,"date":"2018-05-30T12:29:50","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/history\/?p=142"},"modified":"2024-08-31T17:06:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T16:06:31","slug":"the-origins-of-the-drone-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/history\/2018\/05\/30\/the-origins-of-the-drone-program\/","title":{"rendered":"The Origins of the Drone Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The armed drone is one of the most important counterterrorism instruments used by both the United States, and United Kingdom, and its deployment is both constant and controversial. The origins of this weapon, and the birth of the programme that utilises it, however, are not well known. In this essay, published on the influential\u00a0Lawfare\u00a0<\/i>site, Christopher Fuller<\/em> offers a brief history of the drone programme and shows how it is interwoven with broader institutional changes in U.S. counterterrorism.\u00a0Read the full article at:\u00a0https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/origins-drone-program<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The armed drone is one of the most important counterterrorism instruments used by both the United States, and United Kingdom, and its deployment is both constant and controversial. The origins of this weapon, and the birth of the programme that utilises it, however, are not well known. 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