Persuasive Essay On Drones

Drones are known for their many uses. These range from United States (US) surveillance to target surveillance to terrorist surveillance to communications, but the most largely debated use of drones is for warfare. Drones are used to automate and assist in the bombing process; they allow for a pilot to operate the aircraft with a remote control rather than being in the plane. The advantages of this are endless. Drones should be acceptable to use in warfare. Using drones will drastically reduce the aerial deductions from the military budget. They are significantly cheaper to use: “Drone strikes are cheaper than engaging in ground or manned aerial combat” (“Drones” np). The cheaper engagement costs allow for more advanced tactics, as the US

Because drone pilots have a much lower risk than regular pilots, citizens that do not wish to risk their lives because they need to take care of their families now have taken an interest in the military. The United States Air Force alone “has increased the number of combat air patrols it can fly by over 600 percent over the past six years; indeed at any time there are at least 36 American armed UAVs over Afghanistan and Iraq” (Cole np). This could potentially allow for shorter battles which could lead to shorter wars or even the prevention of wars. Some of the jobs make video game enthusiasts more likely to find a job they love: “Using joysticks that resemble video-game controls, the reachback operators sit next to intelligence officers and watch a live feed from the drone’s camera on large flat-screen monitors” (“Drones” np). These people most likely already have the hand-eye coordination needed to operate a pilot remotely; therefore, the military could be further extended into a new field where pilots are trained using highly-advanced video game simulations rather than more strenuous physical training. Not only does this open the military to new people, this allows for the military to be more efficient. This efficiency could decrease the time it takes to accomplish a mission as well as decrease the numbers of ground casualties during the