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The Pros And Cons Of Drones

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“When they’re hovering over us, we’re all scared.” This melancholy line was uttered by unlucky villagers with drones being a constant presence over and around the village. The sound was described as a “muted chainsaw,” and it is currently stated by villagers that the drones were all over their brains, causing them to be unable to sleep. Drones controlled by remote pilots bring risks to both civilians and terrorists indiscriminately, and more than 4000 have been killed by drones with roughly one out of every nine being an innocent civilian. Despite drones being a massive risk, one with many inconsistencies and ethical questions, drones are actually the most humane form of combat out of all the versions of war. Firstly, drones lessen the risk of inaccuracy. Despite all the training that humans can do, despite all the latent talent that humans can possess, despite all that humans have achieved over the ages, it just can’t change the pure fact that humans make mistakes. Do we have advanced …show more content…

Drones enable the usage of high tech weaponry combined with nimble minds, and this creates a devastating tool of destruction. This may seem to be quite an ingenious piece of machinery, but within its confines, a cruel, heartless killer is what is at its core, and that is what many villagers and citizens perceive, but as the government uses the tool of the drone effectively and humanely, the casualties could be minimized on both ends of the battlefield, with less civilians dying on the one side, and less native soldiers dying on the other. For these reasons alone, drones should not only be allowed in combat, but should also be encouraged in usage, especially if the targeting systems become more and more advanced as technology evolves, making it potentially achievable for absolutely zero civilian casualties to appear in

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Our Innocent Lives At Stake A drone strike can kill a person in one room of a house, also people in the room next door, to even across the street like a school. There has been cases where the drones have had civilians attacked while along the intended target. These were all unplanned deaths, all innocent deaths. I oppose the use of drones in warfare. From all the drone strikes killing innocent people or putting their lives at stake and ours, is a horrendous movement, that’s why in my opinion I think we shouldn’t have drones.

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