The Pros And Cons Of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Since the beginning of time humans have search for the best ways to defend themselves. It started with rocks and sticks, developed into spears and swords. When guns came along it revolutionized the way wars were fought. Instead of charging with swords, fighter could take shots from farther away, keeping them a bit safer. Now it has all changed again. Unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, keep the American public safer, keep American soldiers safer, and a lot of other countries want them. The American government should keep the US drone program secret, or else it might fall into the wrong hands.

The world today is full of people that, quite frankly, want to harm America or her interests. From the terror attacks on September 11th to the underwear

All of the groups listed, and many others, have one common goal, destroy America and Israel. If the groups have their way, there would be a September 11th like attack daily. The United States drone program keeps Americans safer by simply killing suspected terrorists or tracking movement and keeping them on their toes which makes it harder to plan attacks. Daniel Byman (2013), a professor of foreign security at Georgetown University, believes with drones always watching, they make it difficult for terrorist leaders to plan big terror attacks (para. 32).

Kenneth Anderson (2013), a professor of international law at American University, states that unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, are vehicles that can be controlled remotely and used for surveillance and timely, targeted, more accurate strikes that keep bystanders out of harm’s way (para. 6). They keep the boots of American soldiers hundreds or thousands of miles away and allow the pilots and intelligence experts time to positively identify the target or targets and take safe, effective shots. Keeping American soldiers out of harm’s way is pivotal in today’s war on terror. This “war” is not with a country or an established military, but with an ideology. The enemies are not