Photo: Street action at the opening of the Conference of State parties to the ATT in Geneva, August 2016. Amnesty International Switzerland Accoring to the report published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the volume of international transfers of major weapons in 2012–16 was 8.4 per cent higher than in 2007–11. This was ...

The research report published by RAND says that regardless of U.S. or global policies concerning the export of UAVs of various sizes, these systems posing an incremental but growing threat to U.S. and allied military operations. Major potential adversaries—China, Russia, and Iran—recognize the utility of this capability and are producing many types...

Sarah Kreps and Micah Zenk, Foreign Affaires The U.S. drone program has the greatest reach. Since 2008, the United States has conducted more than 1,000 drone strikes in Afghanistan. From 2008 to 2012, the United States conducted 48 drone strikes in Iraq; in 2011, it launched at least 145 drone strikes in Libya. The use