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UAVs – The Silent Killer

UAVs – The Silent Killer. MQ-9 Reaper firing a Hellfire missile. Drones. What are they? History Are they effective? Are they moral/legal? Long term consequences. Auspicious Start.

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UAVs – The Silent Killer

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  1. UAVs – The Silent Killer MQ-9 Reaper firing a Hellfire missile

  2. Drones • What are they? • History • Are they effective? • Are they moral/legal? • Long term consequences

  3. Auspicious Start • November 3, 2002, Qaed Salim Sinan al-Harethi, accused of helping plot the October 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, along with 3 suspected AQAP terrorists were killed in the Yemeni desert when a Hellfire missile struck their Toyota pickup truck. This joint CIA/CENTCOM strike appeared on pg. 4 inside the NY Times

  4. Predator/Reaper/Avenger

  5. At Sea X-47 Pegasus

  6. Effective? • 2001-2013 - 4,756 people killed by UAVs • By 2009 half of the 20 most wanted al Qaeda terrorists have been killed by UAVs including HakimullahMashud • 95 per cent of targeted killings or “personality strikes” have been conducted by drones • Does not put U.S. military personnel in harms way • Cheap

  7. Moral/Legal?

  8. Moral/Legal • Extrajudicial Killing of American citizens • Civilian deaths – Who is a militant? • “Signature Strikes” • Psychological Trauma • Congressional Approval outside of war zone

  9. Anwar al-Awlaki American Citizen killed with is 16-year-old son

  10. Long Term Consequences • Is the number of militants decreased or al Qaeda defeated? (Think Faisal Shahzad or Chechnya) • Pakistani relations (WikiLeaks) • AFRICOM strikes from Djibouti • Kill or Capture? Guantanamo Bay • PTSD • Does it make intervention more Likely? (Think Kant) • Basing in Afghanistan

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