Drones and new nukes – video games morph into state terror: Counting the cost and building the resistance


Date of Event: 
8 Oct 2012 - 7:00pm
Expected duration: 
2 hours
Organisation: 
Edinburgh Stop the War, Edinburgh CND and Scotland Against Criminalising Communities

Like the US, the British army is increasingly relying on unmanned drones. It has fired more than 280 laser-guided Hellfire missiles and bombs at suspected insurgents in Afghanistan. In the past year alone, the remotely controlled Reaper aircraft have flown more than 11,000 hours over southern Afghanistan. Join us to discuss the economic and human cost of modern war and how we can resist.