Drones Pros And Cons

Since the inception of drone usage, they have been used by the military for many tactical, surveillance, and strategic purposes. The use of drones in wars has helped America ever since the first usage in 1995. Drones are an incredible way to locate and track terrorist groups and fight wars off the ground. They have helped the United States locate some of the worst public enemies in the world and annihilate them. The use of predator drones has helped the United States in wars fought ever since the first use in 1995. The drone was conceived from an idea around 1849 when Austrians attacked the city of Venice, Italy with unmanned balloons that were equipped with bombs. Then, in the 1930s, the british royal navy developed the Queen Bee, a unmanned aerial vehicle (U.A.V.), that was then used for target practice(“Pros and Cons”). It wasn’t until 1995 when the first predator drone was used in America. It was introduced as a surveillance and intelligence gathering tool, and …show more content…
Another remarkable thing that they do is the can carry missiles or bombs and drop them without giving away their location (Byman). Even though drones are not very large in size they can do a lot of damage and at the same time fly under the radar and stay undetected(Estep). On Sep. 7, 2000, the CIA lobbied for Predator drones to be weaponized with air-to-ground missiles for future use as a battlefield weapon after spotting Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan, who was then wanted for his role in financing and organizing terrorist attacks against American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya in 1998. Drones are some of the best things to use in a war or a hunt down because they can be hidden very easy, they are quiet, and they can have lots of different weapons(“Pros and