drone warfare
Remote-controlled killing
Drone warfare is military combat using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operated remotely, often from thousands of miles away.
The term typically refers to targeted strikes against suspected militants, a practice that expanded dramatically in the early 21st century: The ethics of drone warfare remain hotly debated.
Critics emphasize civilian casualties and the lack of accountability; proponents cite precision and reduced risk to military personnel.
- precision strikesTargeted attacks minimizing collateral
- targeted killingDeliberate state lethal force
- kill listRoster of assassination targets
- UAVCrewless aircraft
- target acquisitionLocating and identifying an objective
double tap · blowback · war crimes · stealth technology · reconnaissance · payload · civilian casualties · extrajudicial · airstrikes · public opinion · geopolitical tensions · signature · rules of engagement · defense budgets · accountability · chain of command · arms races · artificial intelligence
- American HegemonyMonroe Doctrine, manifest destiny, territorial expansion, interventionism, regime change
- tech ethicsAI ethics, AI bias, data privacy, deepfakes, digital rights
- military doctrinecombined arms, deterrence, total war, blitzkrieg, defense in depth
- Military Powerarmy, navy, air force, marines, troops
- sci-fiscience fiction, Star Wars, sci-fi, Blade Runner 2049, aliens
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
drone warfareboots on the ground
Military presence in area
ground troops · hand-to-hand combat · infantry combat · trench warfare · close-quarters combat
drone warfarehand-to-hand combat
Fighting without distance weapons
melee combat · sword fighting · bayonet charge · tribal warfare · ancient warfare