WSJ robo-drone report
edited to shield Israel
The threat of robo-drones, which shoot to kill on their own authority, is a very serious threat, according to a a summary by two experts for the Wall Street Journal.

Sanitzed version of WSJ report
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324128504578346333246145590.html?mod=itp

I happened to notice that mention of Israel's role in the sale of such drones was removed from the Wall Street Journal's online version of the article, and Google searches show no online version with those references. In addition, I also took a look today at a print copy of Friday's paper, and found that the references were also missing from that edition, implying that I had seen an early edition with the commentary.

(I also have the impression that the early edition article has been pared in other ways.)

The authors, Robert H. Latiff and Patrick J. McCloskey, had noted that Israel had sold Harpy drones that automatically fire toward those radar sources not found in computer memory as "friendly." The authors wondered about the consequence of an adversary putting a radar site atop, say, a hospital. The drone would show no mercy, lacking human judgment, they said.

Here are some references to Israel and Harpy drones I found:

"U.S. intelligence agencies have observed Chinese forces with Israeli-made anti-radar weapons moving them close to the coast opposite Taiwan, The Washington Times reported on Tuesday."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/23/us-israeli-defense-technology-collaboration-began-/?page=all

Here is that article with the search terms highlighted:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cQBOYYnMLw0J:http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2002/jul/2/20020702-032943-8545r/%2Bisrael+harpy+drones+%22washington+times%22&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&client=firefox-a&hl=en&ct=clnk

Here is an account from Rense:
http://rense.com/general28/iisj.htm