Military UAVs
Military application of UAVs in warfighting has profoundly transformed military strategy, or perhaps maximized existing strategy. The integration of military application UAVs has been arguably more efficient and successful than the domestic recreational and commercial attempts. Financially, military UAVs involve high overhead. The notorious Reaper costs the US military over $12 million per unit and the Predator over $4 million/unit (Atherton, 2017). These two systems, the MQ-9 and MQ-1B are the beginning of drone application in the US Air Force. Broken down, the “M” is a “DOD designation for multi-role... “Q” means remotely piloted aircraft system” and the “1” refers to the aircraft being the first of the series of remotely piloted aircraft systems.” (USAF, 2015). Ethics Ethically, there is much public debate both domestically and internationally over the ethics of drone strikes and UAV warfare in general. Despite UAVs often considered a “surgical method of w
