The Next Wave of US Drone Warfare
The U.S. is testing heavily armed autonomous drones for combat... and they're working. These computer controlled weapon carriers operate solely on their own ...
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that since President Obama took office over 3,000 people have been killed by US drones in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. Nearly 500 of those people were civilians. And at least 4 were US citizens. Those numbers alone bring up questions about the effectiveness and ethics of using unmanned technology for military purposes. Yet the drones strikes continue, and the US military keeps making advances in the field. The newest of these advances was unveiled by the US Navy this past August, when they tested 13 heavily armed unmanned patrol boats, or Drone Boats as they have been called. These weren’t just unmanned drones, they were also capable of acting autonomously. Meaning that they were able to swarm and surround a perceived threat without being ...
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The Bureau of Investigative Journalism estimates that since President Obama took office over 3,000 people have been killed by US drones in Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. Nearly 500 of those people were civilians. And at least 4 were US citizens. Those numbers alone bring up questions about the effectiveness and ethics of using unmanned technology for military purposes. Yet the drones strikes continue, and the US military keeps making advances in the field. The newest of these advances was unveiled by the US Navy this past August, when they tested 13 heavily armed unmanned patrol boats, or Drone Boats as they have been called. These weren’t just unmanned drones, they were also capable of acting autonomously. Meaning that they were able to swarm and surround a perceived threat without being ...
