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AOAV spent more than a year examining the principal explosive weapons used by the Israeli military in Gaza between Oct 23 and Sep 25.
A central finding is the incongruence between so-called “precision” warfare and large-scale destructive effects in dense urban environments.
The use of explosive weapons in Gaza: a forensic analysis of munitions and civilian harm aoav.org.uk/2026/explosive-w…
Pope Leo warns unchecked AI could threaten human security and global peace aoav.org.uk/2026/pope-leo-wa…
British drone firm’s US owner appoints former mossad Chief to lead defence arm
aoav.org.uk/2026/rotron-aero…
Former Anthropic researcher quits, warning: “The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade” aoav.org.uk/2026/anthropic-r…
3/5 US defence group Ondas bought Rotron in March 2026. Five months later, Ondas announced a multi-million-dollar Israeli military drone programme. Reports suggest thousands of 'kamikaze' attack drones, including swarms, could be produced.
4/5 Of note, former Mossad chief David Barnea now heads Ondas Defence.
There is no public evidence that Rotron's drones have reached Israel. But could British-funded military technology eventually enter Israel's arsenal through its US owner?
5/5 Britain suspended around 30 arms export licences to Israel over humanitarian-law concerns.
Yet can it prevent British technology reaching Israel indirectly via America?
Our investigation for @BylineTimes
bylinetimes.com/2026/10/26/m…
1/5 A British drone manufacturer backed by UK defence funding has been bought by a US company now developing attack drones for Israel.
Our investigation for Byline Times raises serious questions about where British military technology could end up. 🧵
The falcon cannot hear the falconer: the terrifying implications of developing AI weapons we may soon not be able to understand and control aoav.org.uk/2026/ai-weapons-…
ALT Artificial intelligence, autonomous weapons, AI warfare, lethal autonomous weapons, international humanitarian law, civilian casualties, military technology, algorithmic accountability, human control, Gaza, Radiolab
1/5 Who gets to write the rules governing Britain's billions in military spending?
It's been shown by Democracy for Sale how major defence contractors gained a seat at the table while Palantir secured a £240m MoD contract without competition.
🤖 Made with AI
5/5 Who benefits when defence contractors help shape the system that awards them billions in public money?
Read AOAV's report on Democracy for Sale's exposé:
aoav.org.uk/2026/arms-firms-…
Read Democracy for Sale's report here lnkd.in/ebjUeMQ7
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Britain is embracing AI in warfare, from autonomous drones to battlefield intelligence. But as military technology advances, are the laws, safeguards and mechanisms of accountability keeping pace?
AOAV investigates.
aoav.org.uk/2026/uk-military…
What the film NAZA reveals about Israel’s bombing of Gaza, and what was already known aoav.org.uk/2026/naza-docume…
Britain is embracing AI in warfare, from autonomous drones to battlefield intelligence. But as military technology advances, are the laws, safeguards and mechanisms of accountability keeping pace?
AOAV investigates.
aoav.org.uk/2026/uk-military…
Graeme Lamb, ex SF head - "Things like ‘collateral damage profiles’ are a shared responsibility. You know, they (Parliamentarians) need to share that discomfort in violence. They need to realise that they were part of the same equation.”
This is worth the read.
Had a really interesting conversation with an old solider. telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10…
Our first thoughts was that this application won't be mainly used to rescue people.
Purdue University's IDEAS Lab built an autonomous drone that tracks runners through dense forests completely without GPS or cloud networks.
By running 3D LiDAR mapping and obstacle-avoidance AI entirely on-chip, it can weave under tree canopies and predict target movement through blind spots in real time.
Massive implications for next-gen search & rescue and edge AI.