Action on Armed Violence investigates and records harm to civilians in conflicts around the world. For press inquiries: https://xitter.cf/t.co/ohmGIj3wtT

London, UK
Joined August 2011
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…
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Britain’s Palantir problem: the US surveillance firm’s expanding grip on British government data is reportedly raising alarm bells in the Ministry of Defence aoav.org.uk/2026/britains-pa…
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Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV’s event on AI and Warfare aoav.org.uk/2026/investigati…
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Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) retweeted
🤖 On the first day of GIJN’s #IJWeek, panelists at the Tech and Conflict session looked at how the technologies and AI systems increasingly shaping conflict are conceived, financed and coded in conference rooms, data centres and tech offices far from the battlefield. They said war reporters must also dig into procurement records, trade databases, export licenses, corporate filings, and the digital breadcrumbs left behind by the military-tech ecosystem to understand complicity and responsibility in conflict. Panelists: @brown_johnbrown, lecturer at @bengurionu; @iainoverton, executive director of @AOAV; @tkbarnes, field reporter at @inkstickmedia Moderator: @sandrinerigaud, program director at @gijn
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AOAV supports this call to action. Please sign and seek accountability - petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Pope Leo warns unchecked AI could threaten human security and global peace aoav.org.uk/2026/pope-leo-wa…
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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…
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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.
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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?
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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. 🧵
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2/5 Wiltshire-based Rotron Aerospace develops SkyLance, a long-range kamikaze drone tested under the Ministry of Defence's Project Brakestop. The company says the programme helped create more than 160 British jobs.
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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-…
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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.
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