Research About Drone

Robot Soldiers’ Targeted Killing Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a sixteen-years-old boy, was a third American killed by CIA drone strikes in Yemen while searching for his father, Anwar al-Awlaki, also an American citizen, who had been killed in a U.S. drone strike (Finn and Browning). Although drones kill not only terrorists but also innocent civilians including children like Abdulrahman, many drone strikes have been made to Pakistan between the year of 2004 and 2012. This is because the United States military successfully kills targeted enemies without losing a soldier by using drones. However, civilians living near the targeted area are killed by the drones as killer drones can’t accurately focus on the enemies. Therefore, the military’s use of drones for targeted killing is immoral although drones are useful for other purposes.
THE PURPOSES OF USING DRONES As drone technology is evolved, different types of drones are available to be used in the military and homeland security. Police officers use drones for surveillance and law enforcement purposes. For example, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used as surveillance units for drug trafficking activities along U.S.-Mexico border. Moreover, Dragon Flyer X6, a tiny UAV equipped with wireless cameras and variety of sensors, is used by the police officers in Canada to collect evidence and survey crime scenes (Lee). As the drones are not armed, the drones can kill neither criminals nor civilians. Similarly, the military also use drones in combat, invasion and surveillance. Drones are used for tasks which are dangerous for a soldier to perform. Different types of drones are used for different purposes in the military. For instance, “The MQ-1B predator (formerly called the RQ-1 predator) was originally designed as an aircraft for intelligence-gathering, surveillance and identifying target and reconnaissance” (“Drones: What are”). Therefore, the predator drones are useful for locating enemy’s bases and