The capture of US drones has been a topical subject in the media recently. Not least of all because of the significance of America’s under-estimation of Iran’s capability to reverse engineer the drone technology. This has enabled Iran to ‘take over’ a drone in mid flight and safely land it. This event is also significant since criminals and organised crime groups have also worked out how they can jam GPS. Initially, of course, the plan was not to put weapons on Predator drones at all. Like the first military airplanes, they were to be used just for surveillance. As the war in Iraq progressed, however, troops rigged the drones with weapons. Today, armed Predators and their larger offspring, Reapers,...