The New York Post has two stories today about hobbyists and amateurs building and flying their own drones around New York. Sounds like fun! Relaxed restrictions mean "the number of drones patrolling the nation's skies is expected to 'explode.'"

Earlier this month a US Navy Fire Scout unmanned killer robot drone went haywire and flew on its own around DC for 23 miles before operators could regain control. The Navy blames a "software issue." How comforting. [NYT]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad today showed off his newest weapon — an unmanned Karrar bomber drone, or The Ambassador of Death. But, according to Ahmadinejad, the drone is not just for killing, it carries a "message of peace and friendship."

The British Ministry of Defence just upped the ante in the race to build the best killer robot with a stealth, intercontinental drone named after the Celtic god of thunder, Taranis. American Predator and Reaper drones look like bitches now.

Unmanned drones are convenient: You can kill bad people from thousands of feet in the air without having to see the whites of their eyes, or track down the license plate number of a speeding car... let law enforcement decide!

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer won her battle for racist immigration laws, but she's not done with her border war. Now she wants "the airplanes, the drones, the helicopters" from Afghanistan and Iraq patrolling her border.

Pakistan's tribal areas — The Times Square firecracker bomber allegedly trained there, various Taliban factions and Al Qaeda operate there, and guess what? We're at war there, using flying robots! Here's a quick guide to America's South Asia Robot War.