The U.S. military openly admitted to killing Somali civilians but won’t return their emails or issue reparations.

How killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.

Even soldiers who fight wars from a safe distance have found themselves traumatized.

Flying straight from the future.

During his nearly six years in the Air Force, Airman First Class Brandon Bryant flew hundreds of missions and logged almost 6,000 hours of flight time. He killed or helped kill 1,626 people. And he never left Nevada.

Surveillance as daily life along the Texas border.

The making of the drone.

On the coming age of domestic drones.

What happens when humans get superpowers.

The origin story of the C.I.A.’s covert drone war, which began with the 2004 killing of a Pashtun militant, the result of a secret deal for access to Pakistani airspace.

The debate over autonomous lethal drones.

The emotional toll on drone pilots.

Drone strikes and their consequences.

A behind-the-scenes look at a U.S. attack against civilians near Khod: “the high-tech wizardry would fail in its most elemental purpose: to tell the difference between friend and foe.”