Political Advantages of Military Drone Usage Over the past hundred years, technology has transformed the military applications of aerial vehicles from being solely for reconnaissance purposes (as hot air balloons) to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This grants governments the ability to establish their own programs for vessels of these unmanned drones. Due to the substantial evidence that supports the usage of military drones, they should be used for military objectives considering the; economical advantage, their wide range of reconnaissance uses, and the evident low-risk associated with their adoption. One of the main misconceptions about military drones is that their only function is for the destruction of one’s enemies. It is a completely false idea created by a lack of evidence. According to an article by BBC News, the key uses of military drones are for intelligence, surveillance, checking for roadside bombs or devices on landing areas, listening to mobile phone conversations, helping understand daily routine of locals to see what is normal behavior, and having close Air Support following or attacking suspected insurgents. Compared with traditional fighter or reconnaissance aircraft, drones can fly for longer periods without stopping. Boeing’s Phantom Eye -- an unmanned, …show more content…
hydrogen-powered drone that can stay aloft for as much as four straight days -- completed its first autonomous flight June 1, 2012. This expansion of areas covered, allows for better intelligence collection and targeting. These drones can also be programmed to complete the mission autonomously even when contact with its GCS is lost. When the UAVs are shot down, there is not a concern about a potential hostage situation or the death of a pilot. For the first time, on December 17, 2012, drone helicopters brought supplies to U.S. troops in Afghanistan. According to an article by the Los Angeles Times, the drone delivered 3,500 pounds of food and supplies to U.S. Marines at Combat Outpost Payne. This successful mission has led to the acceptance of many other military drones by the U.S. government. According to data from U.S. Central Command, which runs U.S. military operations in the Middle East, the first comprehensive accounting, between November 2005 and December 2011, 1,526 EFPs killed a total of 196 U.S. troops and injured 861. Had the adoption of military drones been sooner, close to 200 American soldiers would have been able to return home safely. Another advantage of using military drones is expressed in the struggle with the Islamic militant group ISIS. According to an article on Defenseone.com, With no Status of Forces Agreement in place between Iraq and the United States, drone warfare could give some political cover for Iraqi leaders. “U.S. armed drone strikes in Iraq might have some symbolic resonance,” agreed Audrey Kurth Cronin, the director of Center for Security Policy Studies for George Mason University who has written on the use (or non-use) of armed U.S. drones in Syria. Given the delicate nature of the diplomatic relationship with Iraq, and the buildup of ISIS forces in the region, targeted drones strikes might be easy to carry out. “The U.S. could probably deploy them relatively quickly if it moved over aircraft already in the region, say from Afghanistan,” said Paul Scharre at the Center for a New American Security. Used wisely they can greatly support America’s national security and economic interests; if not, they could severely undercut them. It is clear that the fundamental advantage of the drone is that it insulates its operators from risk, due to the fact that the perpetrator of the violence is not physically present.
Nonetheless, it provides another argument on whether the aversion to the unpleasantness of violence is another factor making drones popular with the military and CIA. Using drones facilitates the killing of others, a necessary evil in war. As of February 27, 2012 there is no reported public information about stress among those ordering the strikes—the CIA strike operators or the decision-makers at Langley. A huge step compared to the thirty percent of vietnam veterans who have suffered from
PTSD. The biggest issue however, is how to effectively regulate the use of military drones. Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) has proposed establishing a specialized court to approve drone strikes based on FISA courts that approve surveillance of suspected foreign intelligence in the U.S. Neal Katyal, a former acting solicitor general under Obama, has called for an oversight board placed within the executive branch. Missy Cummings, a former fighter pilot and a lead UAV academic researcher member, believes that “important step is the development of a sophisticated UAV export control strategy that accounts for current US national and international security risks and priorities, establishes drone-specific non-proliferation objectives, and preserves the US interest in maintaining an adequate defense industrial base, a military technological edge in UAV systems, and influence over global UAV markets.”
Commercial drones are also used for surveillance purposes. Surveillance applications include livestock monitoring, wildfire mapping, pipeline security, home security, road patrol, and anti-piracy. They are also used in commercial and motion picture film making. So basically we can use this technology to make the service faster. The current usage of commercial drones is pretty basic and only involved in the usage of delivery drones.
In the article ‘’Confessions of a Drone Warrior’’, published in the GQ in October 22, 2013, by Matthew Power, the author talks about a drone pilot’s experience after working with military drones for 6 years. In this article, the main point the author is trying to prove is that flying military drones is not some kind of video game, it’s as real as it gets, even though the pilot doesn’t actually take part in combat. It can change people. During his service, the Airman First Class Brandon Bryant killed 1626 people. It’s terrifying, considering that the pilot had to watch every person die. His job was to monitor people(normally high-value targets in Afghanistan) from the sky and when he got the command to kill from the authorities, he fired a missile
Drones and UAVs are remote control vehicles that need no pilot, instead they use a signal coming from a machine that someone is controlling. Although that is not always been the case for drones, the technology in its primitive stage was available during the late 1800’s. It was seen during the civil war in the form of hot air balloons and both north and south possessed a way to create the machines. They contained a timed mechanism that would release an explosive when the time was over, this seemed very clever, but at the time it was not very effective. Years passed and the Wright brothers and created the airplane in the early 1900’s, and they did needed pilots. The concept of airplanes was moved to the next level when in the 1930’s Britain Royal Navy created one of the first UAVs. This particular UAV was know as “The Queen Bee’’. This particular model was driven by what is said to be a radio signal. Much later Drones became much more complex and that is because years of technological advances were added to old models that were being produced in late 1900’s. Today, ...
The post 9/11 era in The United States defense policies have been one of proactive as compared to reactive. The United States has been looking at methods to gather intelligence on our enemy while ensuring the safety of our troops. The drone has been the answer to the search because the drone is capable of ensuring the U.S. life, forced projection of power over our enemies, and Strategic stealth tactical striking.
First of all both authors agree that drone strikes cause casualties among civilians. They agree that drones can cause harm among civilians as far as drones hovering above for days or weeks at a time and that; that causes fear, paranoia, and mental health problems for civilians. But where they
Military drones do have purposes other than being a weapon; the devices can be used to deliver medical aid and other humanitarian supplies. Military drones can aid in investigation of IHL/LOAC violations, search and rescue operations, reconnaissance and surveillance. Through transparency, over sight and consequences for those who decide to go against established proce-dure, The United States can create via customary law the manner these military drones will be used and still adhere to IHL/LOAC. The question, are military drones legal depends on what their mission is, how they are equipped and whom you ask.
(Custom Reader 104) This topic intrigued me because I haven’t really thought about if the American citizens had to run in fear for their lives, knowing a drone flying around your safe territory could randomly eliminate you at any time. This made me wonder if situations like this created enmity or jealousy towards the safeguarded citizens belonging to the aggressor. The article highlights O’Connell’s dismay that the misuse and misplacement of drones within ethical bounds has fanned fire into the flames, only making those opposed to the United States angrier. (106) While O’Connell’s argument is definitely sincere in caring for the well-being of other beings, I believe that there can definitely situation in which another hostile would resort to hiding within the safe zones, which would endanger those who are immediately surrounding him and those who he may be plotting against. While this does not intrinsically warrant deployment of drones to search for and eliminate the target, it forces a great burden on to the shoulders of the CTU and the government that I’m sure no person would
Who here would like to go to war? Who wants a cheap, effective, strategic war? If you want that, then drones are the weapons to use. They’re cheap and effective, reduce unnecessary deaths, and are much more accurate than any other weapon. These are only a few reasons why drones are the ultimate weapon of choice.
The military use of lethally autonomous robots (LAR) is not science fiction – it is happening right now. A robot is a mechanism guided by automatic controls. Autonomous robots are able to independently maintain stability and plan action. The first generation of military robots have operated under direct human control. The most well-known military robots are “drones” or unmanned aerial vehicles. The drone system currently in use is the unmanned aerial vehicles IAI Pioneer & RQ-1 Predator which can be armed with air-to-ground missiles and remotely operated from a command center. Drones have already been used by the U.S. military for unmanned air attacks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other war zones. (Merchant, 276).
The use of drones as weapons of war and delivery and surveillance systems should not be dismissed because many people do not realize the real capabilities of drones and how they can be used to better the world through efficient air strikes, faster delivery times, and useful surveillance. Some of the most common misconceptions about drones arise due to the lack of knowledge about what drones are. A drone is a remote controlled, pilotless aircraft that can be used to survey an area, conduct stealth missions, and deliver supplies into difficult to reach areas (Drone). Unmanned aircraft are also, contrary to popular belief, not solely machines that kill without even a thought to who is being fired upon. They have proved to be effective surveillance units in areas that may be dangerous for manned aircraft to fly, along with the potential to be reliable delivery units (Drones).
Another name for drones are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS). These are “aircraft either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or increasingly, autonomously following a pre-programmed mission” (Cole 4). Even though there are many unique types of drones, but they usually fall under two main categories: ones that are armed and equipped with missiles and bombs and others that are used for surveillance. In the past couple of years the use of drones has increased dramatically. The reason being because “unlike manned aircraft they can stay aloft for many hours and are flown remotely so there is no danger to the flight crew” (Cole 13). There are drones that can actually fly over more than fifty hours. In countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, the Predator and U.S Reaper are physically there. Cause of the power of technology th...
A couple of people say that drone will increase the number of terrorist, but that will only happen if the army of the United States inhuman, incorrectly, and carelessly. It is true that if a person sees a loved one get murdered, they will want to join the opposing force, but many of them will try to seek peace, so no more people die, or get injured. To avoid the situation where a pilot miss use a drone and hurt people on purpose, they should have some sort of higher rank watching them, or they can different training courses when it comes to using
Drones are also called unmanned aerial vehicles. They come in various sizes for many uses. Drones are known by different names such as “Killer Drone” or “Spy” or “Surveillance Drone” as they are mostly used to decimate enemy and harm civilians, which is why drones receive negative feedback from the public. Not all people use drones in warfare, they also use them as a hobby to film and entertain. Despite the fact that drones have negative sides, they also have positive sides as well.
Living in the digital age where we enjoy the various fruits of latest technological tools and advancements, then at the same time we cannot escape from their hidden or apparent harms. Also, it is a fact that some gadgets supported by these technological advancements are much capable to bring destruction and disaster then construction and convenience. The same goes for the Drone Technology which since past 200 years is being used to create turbulence at the global level. It has proved to be a powerful investigator and bomber at the same time. Drones are specifically associated with military actions and the countries having used them for surveillance purposes include UK, USA, Italy, Japan, Austria, Australia etc. The list of victim counties or nations is much bigger in contrast. Some prominent victims of Drone Air Strikes include Congo, Venice, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. However, it is also an undeniable fact that the massive production and usage of Drones got multiplied in the 21st century.
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