Peacemaker Briefing 08: 'Drone Wars: Below the Public Radar is now available.

Welcome to the world of ‘network-centric warfare’, a paradigm shift in the way that wars and undeclared wars are being fought, where operators dispatch ‘targets’ at the touch of a joystick, behind the safety of a computer screen - the world of drone technology. A technology that was once the stuff of video games and science fiction is now a reality. The use of robotic weapons delivery systems has the potential to massively change the way that wars are fought in the future and it is being brought in now, with almost no public debate. This briefing aims to provide a basic overview of what drones are, their rapid proliferation and use, some key issues of concern that this raises and what is becoming known about Britain’s use of drones.

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