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India turns to Israel for armed drones as Pakistan, China build fleets
Jewish Journal
September 21, 2015
India has accelerated plans to buy drones from Israel that can be armed, defence sources said, allowing the military to carry out strikes overseas with less risk to personnel.
Drones, Jews and morality
Rob Eshman
January 28, 2015
My address to the first interreligious conference on the morality of drone warfare didn’t go over particularly well.
Israel shoots down second Hamas drone
Jewish Journal
July 17, 2014
Israel shot down an unmanned drone that entered Israel’s airspace via the Mediterranean Sea.
Israel shoots down UAV sent from Gaza
Jewish Journal
July 14, 2014
Israel shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle launched from Gaza after it crossed into Israel’s airspace.
The Torah of drones: Examining the complex morality of drone warfare
Rob Eshman
November 6, 2013
In 2009, an Israeli drone flying over the Gaza Strip transmitted back to its command station an image of a telltale rocket trail streaking toward Israeli territory. Many kilometers away, a young Israeli operator, Capt. Y, quickly maneuvered the unmanned aircraft to get a look at the young Palestinian who had just launched the deadly missile.
Israel, Egypt cooperate
Jewish Journal
August 14, 2013
Did an Israeli drone cross into Egyptian airspace over the weekend and fire a rocket at gunmen in the Sinai Peninsula who were about to launch a strike on Israel? Probably. Will any Israeli or Egyptian official admit it, even off the record? Probably not.
Israel shoots down drone from Lebanon, Israeli Military says
Jewish Journal
April 25, 2013
An Israeli fighter plane shot down a drone from Lebanon over the Mediterranean sea on Thursday as it was approaching the Israeli coast, the military said.
As world’s largest exporter of drones, Israel looks to transform battlefield
Jewish Journal
March 4, 2013
An Israeli soldier sits in an office chair in an air-conditioned metal chamber staring at two screens side by side. One shows a map with a moving dot. The other displays a video feed. Next to the soldier are three more identical stations.
Hezbollah claims responsibility for drone that entered Israeli airspace
Jewish Journal
October 11, 2012
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged on Thursday sending a drone aircraft that was shot down last weekend after flying some 25 miles into Israel.
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