Drone warfare killing by remote control
Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing-and most secretive-fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more dro...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Edition: | Updated edition |
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| Summary: | Drone Warfare is the first comprehensive analysis of one of the fastest growing-and most secretive-fronts in global conflict: the rise of robot warfare. In 2000, the Pentagon had fewer than fifty aerial drones; ten years later, it had a fleet of nearly 7,500, and the US Air Force now trains more drone "pilots" than bomber and fighter pilots combined. Drones are already a $5 billion business in the US alone. The human cost? Drone strikes have killed more than 200 children alone in Pakistan and Yemen. |
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| Item Description: | "First published by OR Books, New York and London 2012"--T.p. verso "Fully revised and updated"--Cover |
| Physical Description: | ix, 246 pages 20 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 9781781680773 |