Ground the Drones at RAF Waddington, 4 miles south of Lincoln on the A607. Drones based in Afghanistan are remotely controlled from RAF Waddington and Nevada, and without mandate. Drone use is likely to increase as troops return. Please feel free to join this picnic and NVDA.
Drones
Ground the Drones at RAF Waddington
Security by Remote Control - can it work?
A British Pugwash discussion meeting at which Professor Paul Rogers, Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University will examine the new dangers associated with the recent trend towards ‘Security by remote control’ – the use of armed drones, special forces, private military companies and intercontinental ‘Precision Global Strike’ systems.
The Discussion Meeting will be preceded by the British Pugwash AGM from 16.30-17.15, in UCL Physics Building Room E7
'The true cost of drones'
Speakers include Maya Evans and Mary Dobbing from Voices for Creative Non violence and Penny Walker.
'The true cost of drones'
Speakers include Maya Evans and Mary Dobbing from Voices for Creative Non violence and Penny Walker.
The FOR quilt will also be on display showing those killed by drones in Pakistan
Military Use of Drones
Public meeting with Brian Terrell, a co-coordinator of Voices for Creative Nonviolence, on the Military Use of Drones. Queens College Birmingham, on the corner of Somerset Road and Farquhar Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham