Not exact matches
While the government is quick to tout the benefits of
drone weapons,
civilian experience tells another story.
While parts of this logic make sense in the abstract, and do make an attempt to come to grips with the unusual nature of the threat posed by terrorism, the rationale conforms neither to the experience with
drone attacks to date (which have incurred heavy
civilian casualties) or to the efforts of other countries, such as Israel (more on this below), to respect the imminence restraint.
While commercial innovators have been champing at the bit to deploy
drones in all kinds of
civilian roles, aviation law has mostly prevented it.
Gurcan notes that
while there are a number of advantages to using
drones, such as effectiveness at removing key targets and avoidance of friendly casualties, they may also increase the power of extremists amongst
civilian populations by creating a siege mentality.