Drone Warfare has had an immediate global impact when it was first announced to the world stemming from “unethical” to “brilliance”. Private owners are now using drones for hobbies, while governments are utilizing their weaponized drones for surveillance and warfare. Drones, also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), are considered a relatively new piece of technology, and the United States is having trouble assigning laws to this new technology. Drones are an astonishing piece of machinery; the pilot has complete control of the machine from around the world while being capable to do great destruction. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles has brought upon several controversial issues stemming from the globalization of drone warfare, ethical
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UAV’s are unique weapon systems; that can fly virtually undetectable by the human eye, thousands of feet in the air, observe the ground below for more than a day, and once finding its target, bring a laser guided missile onto its mark, all without exposing a pilot to harm (Deegan, 2014, pg. 250). Drones can be equipped with high-power cameras, thermal scanners, LADAR (laser radar), and facial recognition software (Matiteyahu, 2015, pg.3); drones may look scary, but they have positive potential, such as: topographical mapping, crop dusting, environmental protection, wildlife tracking, rescue missions and etc. (Matiteyahu, 2015, pg.3).The origins of aerial surveillance is no new tactic, the US military has been conducting surveillance from manned aircrafts for decades dating back since World War II (Nichols, 2014). Surveillance is no new tactic, however it is a quite different from manned aerial vehicles in WWII compared to unmanned aerial vehicles now. Furthermore, Nichols (2014) says that over time, the US drone has evolved from three phases: 1) the drone as a “target” …show more content…
The world does not care about the size of one’s army, but more the amount of damage they can do by sitting 10,000 miles away in an office. According to Lubell & Derejko (2013), the ever-increasing use of drones as a means and method in the pursuit of the “War on Terror” has given rise over the emergence of a ‘global battlefield’ where the whole planet will be subject to armed conflict and laws (pg.2). Lubell and Derejko touch on a valuable point; first, if a country properly declares war with drones, proper laws would need ratification, making those laws adopted by most countries as the model system. Second, if the world accepted a more ‘drone world’, all countries would be subject to surprise attacks making it difficult for nations to destroy drones when they cannot see them. In addition, drones affect the legality of borders and boundaries, making foreign countries question the US surveillance program. However, most individuals do not know that most US drones deployed along the borders are grounded most of the time, because the program cost more than initially estimated and has shown no actual evidence that it works (Whitlock, 2015). This evidence would look poorly on the individuals who were in favor of increased drones near the border; in addition the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general found “little or no
UAV’s are unique weapon systems; that can fly virtually undetectable by the human eye, thousands of feet in the air, observe the ground below for more than a day, and once finding its target, bring a laser guided missile onto its mark, all without exposing a pilot to harm (Deegan, 2014, pg. 250). Drones can be equipped with high-power cameras, thermal scanners, LADAR (laser radar), and facial recognition software (Matiteyahu, 2015, pg.3); drones may look scary, but they have positive potential, such as: topographical mapping, crop dusting, environmental protection, wildlife tracking, rescue missions and etc. (Matiteyahu, 2015, pg.3).The origins of aerial surveillance is no new tactic, the US military has been conducting surveillance from manned aircrafts for decades dating back since World War II (Nichols, 2014). Surveillance is no new tactic, however it is a quite different from manned aerial vehicles in WWII compared to unmanned aerial vehicles now. Furthermore, Nichols (2014) says that over time, the US drone has evolved from three phases: 1) the drone as a “target” …show more content…
The world does not care about the size of one’s army, but more the amount of damage they can do by sitting 10,000 miles away in an office. According to Lubell & Derejko (2013), the ever-increasing use of drones as a means and method in the pursuit of the “War on Terror” has given rise over the emergence of a ‘global battlefield’ where the whole planet will be subject to armed conflict and laws (pg.2). Lubell and Derejko touch on a valuable point; first, if a country properly declares war with drones, proper laws would need ratification, making those laws adopted by most countries as the model system. Second, if the world accepted a more ‘drone world’, all countries would be subject to surprise attacks making it difficult for nations to destroy drones when they cannot see them. In addition, drones affect the legality of borders and boundaries, making foreign countries question the US surveillance program. However, most individuals do not know that most US drones deployed along the borders are grounded most of the time, because the program cost more than initially estimated and has shown no actual evidence that it works (Whitlock, 2015). This evidence would look poorly on the individuals who were in favor of increased drones near the border; in addition the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector general found “little or no