Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict

2017-03-22 Law

Author : David Cortright
Release : 2017-03-22
Genre : Law
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Download or read book Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict written by David Cortright. This book was released on 2017-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade, armed drones have entered the American military arsenal as a core tactic for countering terrorism. When coupled with access to reliable information, they make it possible to deploy lethal force accurately across borders while keeping one’s own soldiers out of harm’s way. The potential to direct force with great precision also offers the possibility of reducing harm to civilians. At the same time, because drones eliminate some of the traditional constraints on the use of force—like the need to gain political support for full mobilization—they lower the threshold for launching military strikes. The development of drone use capacity across dozens of countries increases the need for global standards on the use of these weapons to assure that their deployment is strategically wise and ethically and legally sound. Presenting a robust conversation among leading scholars in the areas of international legal standards, counterterrorism strategy, humanitarian law, and the ethics of force, Drones and the Future of Armed Conflict takes account of current American drone campaigns and the developing legal, ethical, and strategic implications of this new way of warfare. Among the contributions to this volume are a thorough examination of the American government’s legal justifications for the targeting of enemies using drones, an analysis of American drone campaigns’ notable successes and failures, and a discussion of the linked issues of human rights, freedom of information, and government accountability.

The Future of Drones in Resolving Military Conflicts

2022 Drone aircraft

Author : Eid Mohamed Mutab Al Mehairbi
Release : 2022
Genre : Drone aircraft
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Download or read book The Future of Drones in Resolving Military Conflicts written by Eid Mohamed Mutab Al Mehairbi. This book was released on 2022. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of drones in the military field has increased remarkably, so that their uses in the military field could revolutionize the field of military power in the future. It seems that this technology will enable the military to use air power more effectively, at a lower cost, and with less risk to the people who fly the warplanes. However, drones have advantages and disadvantages in military operations, depending on the different levels of the conflict (David Glade, Air University, Alabama, July 2000) (1)With the rapid development of the technological system, where the control of many technological programs has become through smart phones, the development of drone technologies in the future can be so great that drones become a major factor in the military arsenal of countries, as their cost is low compared to warplanes, and the reduction in casualties from the pilots, in addition to the accuracy in determining the targets to be targeted. The military power of countries can be assessed with the drones they possess, and the technology used in their systems. This raises many questions about the future of drones in the future:. What is the future role of drones in resolving military conflicts?. Can drones replace warplanes in the future?. Is it possible to estimate the military power of a country with its drones and the technology used in those unmanned vehicles?

Drones and Global Order

2021-12-28 Political Science

Author : Paul Lushenko
Release : 2021-12-28
Genre : Political Science
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Download or read book Drones and Global Order written by Paul Lushenko. This book was released on 2021-12-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the implications of drone warfare for the legitimacy of global order. The literature on drone warfare has evolved from studying the proliferation of drones, to measuring their effectiveness, to exploring their legal, moral, and ethical impacts. These "three waves" of scholarship do not, however, address the implications of drone warfare for global order. This book fills the gap by contributing to a "fourth wave" of literature concerned with the trade-offs imposed by drone warfare for global order. The book draws on the "English School" of International Relations Theory, which is premised on the existence of a society of states bounded by common norms, values, and institutions, to argue that drone warfare imposes contradictions on the structural and normative pillars of global order. These consist of the structure of international society and diffusion of military capabilities, as well as the sovereign equality of states and laws of armed conflict. The book presents a typology of contradictions imposed by drone warfare within and across these axes that threaten the legitimacy of global order. This framework also suggests a confounding consequence of drone warfare that scholars have not hitherto explored rigorously: drone warfare can sometimes strengthen global order. The volume concludes by proposing a research agenda to reconcile the complex and often counter-intuitive impacts of drone warfare for global order. This book will be of considerable interest to students of security studies, global governance, and International Relations.

Drone Wars

2015 History

Author : Peter L. Bergen
Release : 2015
Genre : History
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Download or read book Drone Wars written by Peter L. Bergen. This book was released on 2015. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drone Wars presents a diverse and comprehensive interdisciplinary perspective on drones and the current state of the field.

The Ethics of Drone Strikes

2016-09-09 History

Author : James Igoe Walsh
Release : 2016-09-09
Genre : History
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Download or read book The Ethics of Drone Strikes written by James Igoe Walsh. This book was released on 2016-09-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armed unmanned aerial vehicles--combat drones--have fundamentally altered the ways the United States conducts military operations aimed at countering insurgent and terrorist organizations. Drone technology is on track to become an increasingly important part of the country's arsenal, as numerous unmanned systems are in development and will likely enter service in the future. Concerned citizens, academics, journalists, nongovernmental organizations, and policymakers have raised questions about the ethical consequences of drones and issued calls for their military use to be strictly regulated. This level of concern is evidence that the future of drone warfare not only hinges on technical innovations, but also on careful analysis of the moral and political dimensions of war. The use of UAVs made survey participants more likely to support initiating a war, and this was consistent across four principal policy objectives that were the cause for war: counterterrorism, humanitarian intervention, foreign policy restraint, and internal political change. Military strategists, analysts, American civilians, and drone technology manufacturers may be interested in this study. Students pursuing coursework in military science, technology innovation, and warfare ethics may want a copy of this volume for continued research on this topic. Related products: Rethinking the Drone War: National Security, Legitimacy, and Civilian Casualties in U.S. Counter-terrorism Operations is available here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01213-0 Lethal and Legal? The Ethics of Drone Strikes can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01176-1 Terrorist and Insurgent Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Use, Potentials, and Military Implications can be found here: https: //bookstore.gpo.gov/products/sku/008-000-01199-1

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