...Drones are certainly bad because they can lock onto targets ready to shoot waiting for hours until they walk out of where there at. This whole thing is just like a video game and so it makes going to war easy so we can start wars without even sending people to go fight. Then sometimes the drones kill our own military in drone strikes. Drones have killed around 2,000 innocent people and many of those deaths were children. Drones are bad because they cost so much and the money we use for that could go to veterans, then they are no way to make friends with other countries, There always hovering around watching us and there almost invisible so if they do shoot we couldn't tell what it was. Drones cost so much money for one thing...
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...inappropriate. Drone strikes are just one of the many controversial things to come out of the scientific advancements of the past few years. Over the course of these years, drones have risen to be a very controversial weapons, being that they are almost invincible, which is due to being almost untraceable on sonar. Drones have killed many innocents (reaching 90%), and have angered many other nations,however U.S. drone strikes should still be used broadly since they reduce the death toll of our own people, and are far more effective against terrorist programs than sending down our own troops. Can you imagine sending people to their doom? That is the only other solution to counter terrorism (with minimal collateral damage). Would you rather kill your own soldiers, rather than just sending a drone? WOULD YOU? Although this seems harsh, in the end would you really sacrifice your own citizens? “[I]n many cases in which the United States needs to capture or eliminate an enemy, raid are too risky and costly,” this quote, from Daniel L. Byman’s website “Why Drones Work”, states how dangerous and expensive raids are compared to just sending in a drone. Why endanger the lives our own people, instead of just...
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...Is the Use of Drone Military Tactics or not? In 2002 of February 4th history was made that allowed CIA and military to use such extraordinary equipment that made it safer for pilots and national security defense to use to spy on our enemies around the world without being noticed or even harming a human life at stake. But what can we really say that these drones let alone can be worth so much money of the tax payers that we don’t see the results that they are really made for.The drone was made and it was made for just that purpose in that world to help aid in the fight in counter-terrorism let alone not let any more of our military pilots put their lives at risk in dangerous zones. But due to recent events that lead to a sort of downfall in using these pilot less drones, is it actually worth the billions we spend on it to be used in the military or is it even worth having though due to some malfunctions of the drone killed innocent civilians not only from other lands, but our own American civilians as well. Does America really needs these drones that can help with the war on terror and costing us so much money let alone deaths, or do we need something different or not even the drones at all. Back in 2008 while I was serving in Afghanistan and right now I am gearing up for another tour right after the final week of school has ended, I remember hearing about the drones and what the purpose was for. At the time I could never really see one up close and let alone be in the same...
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...Media Review Media Review Tyler Williamson SOC 110-02 Intro To Sociology U.S. Strike that Killed Hostages Could Change Drone Policies By Paul D. Shinkman April 23, 2015 3:40 p.m. Intelligence officials were unaware that hostages were at the site targeted by a U.S. strike in January despite “hundreds of hours" of surveillance, President Barack Obama said Thursday. A signature element of President Barack Obama’s counterterrorism strategy sparked a critical backlash on Thursday, after the commander-in-chief admitted strikes in January along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border resulted in the accidental killing of two innocent hostages, along with the deaths of two American al-Qaida operatives. Obama took to the White House podium in a briefing Thursday morning to provide some details on the operations three months prior, details of which he has ordered declassified. U.S. officials confirmed in the aftermath of the strikes that aid workers Warren Weinstein, a 73-year-old American from Rockville, Maryland, and Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian, had been accidentally killed in one strike. “On behalf of the U.S. government, we offer our deepest apologies to the families,” Obama said. Some aspects of the operation have to remain secret, he said, adding that “the U.S. is a democracy, committed to openness, in good times and in bad.” “It is a cruel and bitter truth that in the fog of war, generally, and in our fight against terrorists, specifically, mistakes and sometimes deadly...
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...The Drone Strikes Again Take a moment and imagine this: for every terrorist killed by a U.S. drone strike, 50 Pakistani civilians fall victims to these ruthless attacks. According to an article written by David Kilcullen and Andrew McDonald from the NY Times, “press reports suggest that over the last three years drone strikes have killed about 14 terrorist leaders. But, according to Pakistani sources, they have also killed some 700 civilians. This is 50 civilians for every militant killed, a hit rate of 2 percent — hardly “precision”” (Killcullen, McDonald 9). Regardless if the number of casualties of innocent people caused by drone strikes has increased or decreased, the policy itself should be eliminated if there is even the slightest chance that innocent lives will be at stake. Kant was not a consequentialist theorist; in other words, he believed that despite the outcome of an action being good or bad, what was important was the premeditated idea behind the action, was it right or wrong, unrelated to the consequences. Therefore, if actions are not based on consequences, Kant’s theory would support the argument that using drone tactics to eliminate terrorists is morally unacceptable, for the following reasons: the U.S. military is using drone tactics against terrorist without their consent, and innocent lives are being taken at the push of a button. As humans, our moral duty is to treat people in such a way that shows them respect, as though they are autonomous beings with...
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...Gatto says “Schools make children into servants, mindless drones. Not managing themselves but being treated as incapable.” He also writes in his article: “First, though, we must wake up to what our schools really are: laboratories of experimentation on young minds, drill centers for the habits and attitudes that corporate society demands. Mandatory education serves children only incidentally; its real purpose is to turn them into servants.” Gatto seems to truly believe that schools are some type of mold used to form children of America. I can see how this would be true — seeing as how restricted we students are and how often even seniors in high school are treated like five-year olds. If we are always treated like children, do you really think we will find a way to grow up while in school? Of course this is not the same for everyone, but John Gatto is saying that this is how the schooling systems work. They do not allow their students to grow up or mature. Chris Hedges, in his article “Our Public Schools Are Churning Out Drones for the Corporate State” writes: “A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless amusement becomes deaf, dumb and blind. It prizes test scores...
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...Warfare: Case Study; Drone Warfare Advancements in warfare technology and weaponry have been the defining factors in battle since the dawn of civilization. The one with the bigger gun usually wins. This is a fact that hasn’t changed much since the beginnings of warfare and holds true today and in today’s world Drones have become the next warfare advantage. Along with any advancement in warfare weaponry comes a very heated and controversial discussion about its actual real-world utilization. Many argue that the use of Drones in war is unmoral and unethical. This paper aims to take a closer look at both sides of this argument. First, I will establish and explain the moral arguments against the use of drone warfare, then the second half of the article will be in response to such claims and give the moral reasons behind the pro-drone argument. First and foremost of the anti-drone discussion is the fact that Drones are seen to be fundamentally in contradiction of international law: Amnesty International stated that that “deliberate killings by drones […] very likely violate the prohibition of arbitrary deprivation of life and may constitute extrajudicial executions.” The UN suggested focused effort to maintain and preserve the security of international laws in its entirety, in response to the use of drones. This incorporates, obviously, international human rights and humanitarian standards that seem to be thrown out the window when dealing with drone strikes in warfare. Equipped...
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...Joel Perez Professor Stoil Organizing War December 12, 2014 What have been the chief motivations behind the development and deployment of unmanned technologies and what are the chief drawbacks in this policy? With the advancements in robotics, unmanned battlefield technology seems to be the military’s newest obsession. This policy of unmanned vehicles came to the attention of the American public with heavy drone use under President Barack Obama’s administration but unmanned technology has been around for decades. The only difference is that now the military is pouring more money into research and development of these types of technologies. The current five-year budget is set at $23,883.2 billion or about $4.8 billion per year on unmanned air, ground and maritime systems (Lewis). The Department of Defense defines unmanned aircraft as “an aircraft or balloon that does not carry a human operator and is capable of flight under remote control or autonomous programming.” Around the world, militaries are continuing to use drones because they believe the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. According to Lieutenant Colonel David B. Glade, unmanned technologies “will be able to conduct military operations in a more efficient and less risky fashion than was the case when aircraft[s] were piloted by humans” (Glade, 1). More importantly, he states, “it is possible that the United States will be able to build military systems […] which can conduct military operations without human...
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...Domestic Drone Exploration Presented by Team B Jamie Eads Daniel Flores Cindy Greer Amanda Hall August 24, 2014 DeVry University Technology, Society, and Culture LAS432 Professor: Dr. Kenneth Melichar TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 3 II. DESCRIPTION OF TECHNOLOGY Amanda 4 III. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT Amanda 6 IV. CONTEXT OF THE TECHNOLOGY Amanda 7 V. POLITICAL INFLUENCE Cindy 15 VI. LEGAL INFLUENCE Cindy 17 VII. ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCE Cindy 22 VIII. ECONOMY OF DRONE Jaime 23 VIIII. PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Daniel 32 X. SOCIOLOGICAL AFFECTS Daniel 36 INTRODUCTION Technology is applying science to improve on an existing task to make it easier. Technology can be used for all types of things, from science applications to mechanical engineering. Changing the way something is done often improves it. This is the heart of technology. Technology has evolved into nanotechnology. Nanotechnology is a “technology executed on the scale of less than 100 nanometers, the goal of which is to control individual atoms and molecules, especially to computer chips and other microscopic devices.” Nanotechnology may one day improve the quality of life, thereby extending the life span of humans, by using “small autonomous robot, or nanobot, that can be sent into the human body to repair cells and cure cancers.” (nanotechnology). It is the continued advancement in nanotechnology that has been used to downsize the combative drones that we associate...
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...hatch. After the first three days of being birthed the egg turns into larvae. They older and mature worker bees take care of the larvae, feeding it royal jelly, pollen, and honey. Royal jelly is the leakage of the bees that provides the larvae with the nutrients they need. The worker bees tend to larvae and forage for food. They forage for three main types of food: honey, propolis, and nectar. Propolis is a sap type mixture that is used for sealing small holes in the honeycombs. They collect propolis form trees, the most common of which is the conifer. When the temperature is cold enough, the propolis becomes hard and brittle which makes it perfect for protecting the hive. Also, the worker bees feed and take care of the queen bee and the drones. Basically,...
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...Caleb Sommers December 16, 2013 Mrs. Goldblatt The Central Intelligence Agency The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) was not always called the CIA. It was during World War II that it was first named the OSS (CIA). It was created to sabotage enemy forces and collect and analyze information that was seized from Nazi Germany and The Empire of Japan. Although dismantled after WWII by President Truman, it did not take long for Truman to realize the need for a postwar centralized intelligence organization (CIA). In 1947, President Truman signed, National Security Act establishing the CIA (CIA). The National Security Act gave the CIA power of coordinating the nation’s intelligence activities and correlating, evaluating and disseminating intelligence affecting national security (CIA). The CIA is broken up into four main groups the National Clandestine Service, Directorate of Intelligence, the Directorate of Science & Technology, and the Directorate of Support which all carry out different jobs for the CIA (CIA). The CIA is more beneficial to the United States of America because they protect us from terrorism threats, the influx of drugs, and impact our lives with the creation of everyday uses (CIA). Some people may say that the CIA is a waste of money and that they do not accomplish anything but ruining the United States reputation, but since 2001 the United States has not had any recurrences of terrorist attacks of the magnitude of the 9/11 attacks because the CIA has made the...
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...The Right to Privacy Ramon Rubalcava Redlands University Abstract [The abstract should be one paragraph of between 150 and 250 words. It is not indented. Section titles, such as the word Abstract above, are not considered headings so they don’t use bold heading format. Instead, use the Section Title style. This style automatically starts your section on a new page, so you don’t have to add page breaks. Note that all of the styles for this template are available on the Home tab of the ribbon, in the Styles gallery.] Keywords: [Click here to add keywords.] The Right to Privacy In this new generation the right to privacy is getting lower by the minute due to all of the social media and new electronic devices being invented daily. The right to privacy should not even be a question everyone should have the right to privacy to a certain extent. The right to privacy is a recent creation of little consequence other than cultural custom. The right to privacy is a big part if not the biggest part of everyone’s freedom because if anyone can come into anyone’s house at any given time or listen to all their calls and read all their text people will feel unsafe and without any freedom; It will feel like a prions where everything is being monitor. Everyone likes their privacy even if they do not have anything to hide just knowing that whatever they do or where ever they go will be only known to them and those they chose to share it with making them feel in control of their life...
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...FEIT31272 Project Management and the Professional Assignment 1 | Ethics of UAVs | 11035425 Ngo, Kevin 11035502 Truong, Matthew | Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 2 Overview 3 Definition 3 History of UAV 4 Civil Use 7 Background: 8 Small Picture Ethics 9 Big Picture Ethics 12 Deontology. 12 Relativism 15 Virtue ethics 17 Future use: 19 Recommendation 21 Individual Opinion 22 Kevin Ngo 22 Matthew Truong 25 Reference List 27 Executive Summary Introduction Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can generally be defined as a “device used or intended to be used for flight in the air that has no on-board pilot”. Current generations of UAVs “can be as small as an insect or as large as a charter flight”. They can be launched from a road or a small vehicle, but are often large enough to accommodate cameras, sensors or other information gathering equipment. Recently, discussions of UAVs have shifted most of the attention toward the ethical, legal and privacy implications that UAVs have, on society in global and domestic level. Overview Definition ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- There are many various terms used to identify these unmanned vehicles to which by its definition are that of a craft without a human pilot within. The most commonly accepted term would be UAV ( unmanned aerial vehicles); the US military much prefer...
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...for the problem and after that I will end up with the conclusion. The problem is that peaching Rhinos is really making a risk for them because we may lose this kind of specie because it endanger. Asia, Africa, home to the overwhelming majority of the world's wild rhinos it’s approximately half million rhinos in the early of 20 century. If poaching is allowed to increase at the rates of the previous few years, it could drive the population to extinction in the next decade or two. There are 20,400 rhinos in total live in several other countries in Africa, and they face high poaching pressure across their range. According to official statistic 1215 where killed in south Africa it means that the average of killed is 1 rhino per 8 hours. So why are rhinos such easy targets for poachers? The killing has been driven by demand for rhino horns in Asia, especially in Vietnam and China, where some people believe the keratin-based horns can cure them of various ailments. Beside there were many different gangs that make rhinos horn their target due to its high value it cost 60000US per kilogram and those gangs using high-teach equipment to track down and kill rhinos In this paragraph I will describe the first solution of this problem. A solution can be to dehorn the Rhinos which mean cutting the horn from Rhinos. For example in Kenya they try to make them survive and protect them from poaching buy Rhinos felted with...
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...1. ------------------------------------------------- Background US -Pak relations in the last six decades have been unstable and moved in a cyclic pattern with ups and downs, sometimes having close partnership and sometimes having sharp friction between the relations, which are set according to the global and regional geopolitics.US PAK relations have different aspects during different presidencies,e.g:-during the Eisenhower, Nixon and Regan they were not smooth but during the Kennedy,Johnson,Carter,Bush and Clinton administrations however, policies were significant. Pakistan came into existence just as the cold war was started between AMERICA and SOVIET UNION. There were two camps, Soviet and US camp. Infant Pakistan and India had to pick their camps. 2.1 ------------------------------------------------- Relations during Liquat Ali khan: In 1947 liquat Ali khan became the first prime minister of Pakistan; in 1949 two invitations were received to liquat Ali khan. In 1950, Liquat Ali khan (1st pm) of Pakistan was invited by soviets and Americans, and then he chose to visit United States that was the start of Pak-Us relations, and India joined the soviet camp. When liquat ali khan visited USA he was warmly welcomed by the US president TRUMAN, here Liquat ali khan delivered a speech and said that both USA and PAKISTABN have same past both were under the colonialism and liquat ali khan was pro west so liquat Ali khan joined American block. Liquat Ali khan supported USA...
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