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“ Convenient Killing . Armed drones and the Playstation mentality ”

“ Convenient Killing . Armed drones and the Playstation mentality ”. Drones : New technology in warfare. Drones : what ?. UAV : Unmanned Aerial Vehicles , remotely controlled reconnaissance and surveillance & armed operations. Drones : use. Rapid growth of military use :

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“ Convenient Killing . Armed drones and the Playstation mentality ”

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  1. “ConvenientKilling. Armeddrones and the Playstationmentality” Drones : New technology in warfare

  2. Drones : what? • UAV : UnmannedAerialVehicles, remotelycontrolled • reconnaissance and surveillance & armedoperations

  3. Drones : use • Rapidgrowth of military use: • US military and CIA: Afghanistan, Iraq, Jemen, Pakistan • Israel: Gaza • UK military: Afghanistan • Claims of killing 1400 suspected Al Quaida and Taliban paramilitaries in Pakistan

  4. Drones :use • Advantages in military use: • Reduction of costs • Reduction of risks • World leaders: US and Israel • Currentdeploymentby US: 7000 drones (100 armed) • Useexpected to expandfurther : UK-France partnership

  5. Drones : Concerns • USA: use of dronesunder CIA command • Lessrestrictiverules of engagements. • Accurate and reliablefigures of dronecasualties: difficult to obtain

  6. Drones: Concerns • CrisCole: “ geographical and pschologicaldistancelowers the treshold in regard to launchinganattack. Humanbeingsreduced to blipson a screen maylead to a culture of convenientkilling”. • Paul Rogers: “The use of armeddronesraisesquestionsaboutlegalitywich have been largelyignored. Droneuserscannot escape a legalresponsibility”

  7. Initiatives • UK: “ConvenientKilling” report, Oxford Research Group report, Awarenessraising week october 2011, • Netherlands: IKV-PaxChristi Report

  8. Literature • “ConvenientKilling. ArmedDrones and the ‘Playstation’ Mentality”. Cole, Dobbing, Hailwood, 2010 • “DroneAttacks, International Law and the Recording of CivilianCasualties of Armed Conflict”. Oxford Research Group, 2011 • “Dronewarfare: cost and challenge”. Rogers, 2011. • “Onbemand maakt onbemind”. Oudes, Zwijnenburg, 2011.

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