There are two points to cover in the modern rolls of the Unmanned Aerial vehicle. First our modern UA Vs in war. Also, for the use in law enforcement and the possible future outcomes of there use. I will cover both topics.
Short history of unintentional consequences of technology
Early in the 20th century our government espoused new inventions to provide national security, war and advantages in spying on enemy combatants. Some of these had unexpected consequences, examples such as the machine gun, propeller driven air planes and the use of toxic gas during trench attacks during the first world war. Little was really known as to the long range effect on civilization. Theses weapons of war gave great alarm to …show more content…
Politically the powers in charge remained aloof. They made nary a stitch to take the moral high ground. The result was the United States, European and Asian countries as well began to spend large sums in order to 'out gun' each other. This is just one of the unintended consequences. So very soon after the war did the new technologies become more in the hands of despotic tyrants such as the Nazi regime of Europe and, much to the same degree, such as we have seen in recent reports of ISIS. Specifically in using the drone for attacks on Iraqi and Syrian citizens.
Lets take a quick step back not long ago when thing were very different all over the world. It was not long ago in history that humans taking to the sky's in flight was an impossible thing of fiction. Serbian/American inventor Nikola Tesla was the first to patent a device to remote control vehicles in the year 1898. Although not much came of it, there he sparked interest to fly robots over dangerous places. The invention fell into obscurity. Then, in the year 1903 the Wright brothers developed there flying machine …show more content…
Not only is the ethical dangers in arming drones debated but also we have in some ways forgone the developing safeguards to the rights of American citizens to privacy. To defend the nation against terrorist cells and individual threats, proactive policing is required for intelligence gathering. Most people misunderstand the laws fearing us grow a greater police state. Federal agency must have an articulated reason to deploy a drone for surveillance. It is however, a distinct possibility here in our own United States that lawmakers might, by good intention and for worse, begin the process of oppressing people inside there own borders by there own governments through a constant state of surveillance. It could become a paradigm of the next century to come if nothing is done to further the debate protecting citizens rights. The American Civil Liberties Union now places drones as a technology on the top of the list to be closely monitored in there legal and ethical use. These are some of the steps taken, so far, to place a grounding for laws that govern the use of UA Vs; 17 states have adopted guidelines to curtail and direct the use of drones in there air space. By presidential order the FAA must have registry of private