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Military Drones : The Weapon Of Choice

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Military Drones: The Weapon of Choice George Servidad South University May 29, 2016 Drones, the US choice of weapon to combat ISIS. It is automated, unpiloted, and work on their own. They do surveillance, hunt, identify and kill enemies based on calculations made by the software, not decisions made by humans. They kill from a distance through technological mediation, without the shock of direct confrontation. Boyle (2013) states that drones operate with a reduce view of effectiveness. They kill innocent people including women and children, and drones do not see anybody down there and it kills everybody. But in reality, drone strikes are efficient because they cause fewer civilian casualties than air strikes or ground operations. According to Hastings (2012) he found out that drones was a good source to use against terrorists, it has supported and benefited the US military. Once a drone reaches its destination it hovers silently in an extensive radius for hours, with an altitude of up to 50,000 feet, providing a survey and a flow of detailed reconnaissance photos. With the use of its Geographic Information System (GIS) applications, McNeil (2014) who has developed a mapping geocode software to pinpoint the location based on information and analysis. This software system is installed in a drone and the GIS is designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all geographical data. This technology is less expensive than the current procedures

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