The Drone Series: A New Battle in the Air

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE:  The presence of drones/UAV’s in armed conflicts as varied as Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine is not only influencing military tactics and strategy but it’s also raising questions about proliferation, arms control, and legal and ethical limits to these weapons. 

In the first part of our series, Expanding Horizons for Drone Technology, we looked at how the drone has become the iconic weapon in the War in Ukraine. In today’s look at drone/UAV technology, we turn to questions of policy.  

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