Drone fair doubles in size thanks to genocide

 

An event held in Tel Aviv this week demonstrated that the weapons industry is actively exploiting a genocide.

Featuring 350 exhibitors, the Unmanned Vehicles Israel Defense (UVID) DroneTech event was reportedly double the size of previous years. Alon Unger, the exhibition’s self-described “very excited” founder, is pouncing on the major use in Gaza to promote those weapons as a “growth engine” for Israel, as he prophesies a “new strategic era.”

Drones are multi-purpose instruments of terror. In Gaza, drone operators carried out massacres by firing missiles packed with nails and shrapnel.

Quadcopter drones, meanwhile, broadcast nightmarish sounds as they were flown above buildings and people seeking shelter in rudimentary tents. Other drones resorted to “loitering” – a fancy word for spying – before blowing themselves up in attacks on Palestinians.

The high fives and hugs exchanged at UVID DroneTech this week were celebrations of how drones have proved their versatility in a genocide.

Sitting safely behind computer screens and fiddling with consoles, drone operators inflict both physical annihilation and psychological harm on Gaza’s inhabitants.

The Gaza genocide was carried out in significant part by remote control. Israel’s weapons industry is now cashing in on all the frightening inventions it has been able to showcase over the past couple of years.

It is telling that Aero Sentinel – a maker of quadcopter drones – gave a presentation titled “lessons from Gaza” at this week’s event, according to its program. The “lessons” being learned clearly do not involve any declarations of remorse.  (more...)

Drone fair doubles in size thanks to genocide