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One Nation under Drones
One Nation Under Drones is an interesting and informative review of how robotic and unmanned systems are impacting every aspect of American life, from how we fight our wars; to how we play; to how we grow our food.Edited by Professor John Jackson, who holds the E.A.
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Ethics and autonomous weapons
Autonomous weapons are capable, once programmed, of searching for and engaging a target without direct intervention by a human operator. Critics of these weapons claim that 'taking the human' out-of-the-loop' represents a further step towards the de-humanisation of warfare, while advocates of this type of technology contend that the power of machine autonomy can potentially be harnessed in order to prevent war crimes. This book provides a thorough and critical assessment of these two positions.
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U.S. drone strike in Iraq kills Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani
On January 3, 2020, the U.S. military conducted a drone strike near Baghdad International Airport that killed Qasem Soleimani, the leader within the Iranian military of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Trump administration initially appeared to justify the strike as an effort to deter imminent attacks on U.S. embassies and personnel, but later insisted that Iran's actions in the months leading up to the strike triggered the U.S. right to self-defense. Domestically, the Trump administration claimed the authority to carry out the strike based on both the president's inherent constitutional powers and the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed by Congress in 2002. In the aftermath of the strike, Iraq voted to expel U.S. troops from its territory, and Iran conducted a missile strike on American bases in Iraq. Iran also announced that it would cease to observe limits on its production of nuclear fuel-a core tenet of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), from which the United States withdrew in 2018.
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Drones and other unmanned weapons systems under international law
Drone strikes have become a key feature of counterterrorism operations in an increasing number of countries. This work explores the various domestic and international legal regimes that govern the manufacture, transfer, and use of armed drones as well as fully autonomous weapons systems where computer algorithms decide who or what to target and when to fire.
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Drone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age
In the past decade, the United States has rapidly deployed
militarized drones in theaters of war for surveillance as well as
targeted killing. The swiftness with which drones were created
and put into service has outstripped the development of an
associated framework for discussing them, with the result that
basic conversations about these lethal weapons have been stymied
for a lack of a shared rhetoric. Marouf Hasian’s
Drone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age fills
that critical gap. With a growing fleet of more than 7,500
drones, these emblems of what one commentary has dubbed
“push-button, bloodless wars” comprise as much as a
third of the US aircraft force. Their use is hotly debated, some
championing air power that doesn’t risk the lives of
pilots, others arguing that drone strikes encourage cycles of
violence against the United States, its allies, and interests. In
this landmark study, Hasian illuminates both the discursive and
visual argumentative strategies that drone supporters and critics
both rely on. He comprehensively reviews how advocates and
detractors parse and re-contextualize drone images, casualty
figures, governmental “white papers,” NGO reports,
documentaries, and blogs to support their points of view. He
unpacks the ideological reflexes and assumptions behind these
legal, ethical, and military arguments. Visiting both formal
legal language used by legislators, political leaders, and policy
makers as well as public, vernacular commentaries about drones,
Drone Warfare and Lawfare in a Post-Heroic Age
dispassionately illuminates the emotive, cognitive, and
behavioral strategies partisans use to influence public and
official opinion.
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The morality of drone warfare and the politics of regulation
\"The book discusses the moral and legal issues relating to military drones, focusing on how these machines should be judged according to the principles of just war theory. It not only considers existing drones like the Predator and Reaper but also evaluates the many types of drones in development. It finds that drones are not only morally justifiable but that they have the potential to improve compliance with the principles of just war and international law. Realizing this potential depends on developing a sound regulatory framework, which the book helps to develop by considering what steps governments and military forces should take to promote ethical drone use. It also critically evaluates the arguments against drones to show which should be abandoned and which raise valid concerns that can inform regulations.\"--Back cover.
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Naval robots and rescue
The development of unmanned systems (UMS) for naval combat poses a profound challenge to existing conventions regarding the treatment of the shipwrecked and wounded in war at sea. Article 18 of the 1949 Geneva Convention II states that warring parties are required to take “all possible measures” to search for and collect seamen left in the water after each engagement. The authors of the present paper analyze the ethical basis of this convention and argue that the international community should demand that UMS intended for roles in war at sea be provided with the capacity to make some contribution to search and rescue operations.
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