Military Drones Research Paper

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Is there a reason for the U.S to stop using drones? Should we stop the deadly use of these drones? No. The government has the right to make these choices. People have a sense of what is good and bad, but these moral feelings can blind us from what is necessary to do. Most people think that drones are not a moral way to eliminate an enemy, but in reality it is the best way to reduce casualties. These drones help the military put less men in the field. U.S Military Casualties Money (cost) Intelligence Drones would reduce the amount of U.S military casualties by a significant percentage. “The Atlantic” a political periodical that provided a commentary on Drones and wrote this “Ground combat almost always kills more civilians than drone strikes do. When you consider the alternatives, you are led, as Obama was, to the logic of the drone.” This is a true statement although its hard to believe. …show more content…

A single drone alone cost about 40 million dollars. And to a civilian or normal person this is a lot of money, but in reality its nothing in comparison to what the military spends on other military aircrafts. The U.S.A.F ( United States Air Force) has billions of dollars worth of aircrafts. The military would not release the amount of things they have but they tell us what they have. The U.S.A.F has a variety of planes from F-22 Raptors, V-22 Ospreys, C17A Globemaster, and E2D- Hawkeye. All of these planes individually cost 200 million - 300

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