Rising Global Issue: The Proliferation of Drones
“Armed drones are starting to rule the skies,” wrote Sarah Kreps and Micah Zenko, the authors of The Next Drone Wars: Preparing for Proliferation. Armed drones are not a new concept, but the use of drones and their advantages are only now starting to be realized. The use of armed drones has several advantages; however, the proliferation of the drones, the inability to control what states use drones, and how they use drones could lead to mass destruction. General Henry “Hap” Arnold is the man who is given credit for the invention of drones. General Arnold was a World War II commander in the United States Army Air Forces. He used old B-17 and B-24 bombers, turned them into remotely controlled aircraft, and encumbered them with explosives. Arnold quoted, “the next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all.” He also quoted, “you are saving lives at the outset,” (The Next Drone Wars, 1).
General Arnold was right about the use of drones saving lives. He was also on the right path by creating drones as a new weapon and way of fighting in …show more content…
Liberalism in international relations tries to address problems by seeking peace and cooperation among international actors. The authors are trying to achieve this in their solution to preparing for the proliferation of drones. The authors think the solutions or prepartions that should be made to control the proliferation of drones is Congress should be more interactive in the issue by holding hearings on the use of drones use in counterterrorism. The authors also think the United States should be more open and truthful about their involvement with drones and their use of drones. If the United States would be more transparent with their use of drones, many misconceptions would be corrected which could potentially increase the people’s confidence in drone use (The Next Drone Wars,
“Armed drones are starting to rule the skies,” wrote Sarah Kreps and Micah Zenko, the authors of The Next Drone Wars: Preparing for Proliferation. Armed drones are not a new concept, but the use of drones and their advantages are only now starting to be realized. The use of armed drones has several advantages; however, the proliferation of the drones, the inability to control what states use drones, and how they use drones could lead to mass destruction. General Henry “Hap” Arnold is the man who is given credit for the invention of drones. General Arnold was a World War II commander in the United States Army Air Forces. He used old B-17 and B-24 bombers, turned them into remotely controlled aircraft, and encumbered them with explosives. Arnold quoted, “the next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all.” He also quoted, “you are saving lives at the outset,” (The Next Drone Wars, 1).
General Arnold was right about the use of drones saving lives. He was also on the right path by creating drones as a new weapon and way of fighting in …show more content…
Liberalism in international relations tries to address problems by seeking peace and cooperation among international actors. The authors are trying to achieve this in their solution to preparing for the proliferation of drones. The authors think the solutions or prepartions that should be made to control the proliferation of drones is Congress should be more interactive in the issue by holding hearings on the use of drones use in counterterrorism. The authors also think the United States should be more open and truthful about their involvement with drones and their use of drones. If the United States would be more transparent with their use of drones, many misconceptions would be corrected which could potentially increase the people’s confidence in drone use (The Next Drone Wars,