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View from the Pamir Highway in Afghanistan / credit: EJ Wolfson on UnsplashView from the Pamir Highway in Afghanistan / credit: EJ Wolfson on Unsplash

Biden Acknowledges ‘Over the Horizon’ Air Attacks Planned Against Taliban

Nick Mottern July 7, 2021 Nick Mottern

On July 2, fleeing questions from reporters about U.S. plans in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden sought refuge behind the July 4 Independence Day holiday. Yet, he obliquely acknowledged that the United States will use some level of “over the horizon” air attacks to prevent the Taliban from taking power, attacks that will include drones and manned aircraft, possibly even B-52s.

Sam Durant, Untitled (drone), 2016-2021 (rendering). Proposal for the High Line Plinth. Commissioned by High Line Art. Courtesy of the High Line.

Art Against Drones

Kathy Kelly May 14, 2021 Kathy Kelly

In late May, a Predator drone replica, appearing suddenly above the High Line promenade at 30th Street, might seem to scrutinize people below. The “gaze” of the sleek, white sculpture by Sam Durant, called “Untitled, (drone),” in the shape of the U.S. military’s Predator killer drone, will sweep unpredictably over the people below, rotating atop its 25-foot-high steel pole, its direction guided by the wind.