accounts from the victims of an
apparently botched drone strike.
Rise of drones
Predator drone has changed the
character of modern warfare. Now it
is not necessary to send troops in
conflict zone. It has erased the
diplomatic barrier of inspection or
surveillance.
drone. IHS Industry Research and
Analysis forecasted that US drone
use will increase by 56% by 2020,
which is currently owner of most
sophisticated and largest fleet of
combatant predator drone and using
in several region of the world. China
has also developed its own and likely
to increase by 12% within 2020,
Israel by 9%, Russia by 8% Europe by
3%, Britain by 2%, France by 2%,
Italy by 2% and rest of the
world by 6%.
*The author a young scholar of
International Politics.
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The use of drone is increasing.
Drones are also increasingly used for
domestic policing in different
countries including Canada and the
United States. It is very effective in
surveillance use and can collect
information maintaining maximum
level of secrecy and without having
eye-caught of gangs, pirates and of
course the video footage it takes help
prove guilty of criminal activities. It
has significantly decreased the
deployment of force in dangerous
region. Now about 50 countries have
the technical knowhow to produce
Drones are the most
discriminating use of force
that has ever been developed.
While drones have triggered
robust
controversy,
the
technology can in principle
greatly reduce the ratio of
civilian to combatant deaths.
Like any new weapon system, drones
pose difficult questions. Human
rights lawyers and counterterrorism
officials have asked exactly how
intelligence and military officials
make targeting decisions, how such
attacks affect the way civilian
populations feel toward the drone
user state and how these attacks
conform to international law. It is
necessary to create legal structure,
processes, with oversight checks on
how to use unmanned weapons.
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Conclusion