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Название:
Predators
Автор:
Brian Glyn Williams
Издательство:
Potomac Books
Жанр:
nonf_military / Публицистика / на английском языке
Год:
2013
Город:
Dulles, Virginia
ISBN:
978-1-61234-617-5
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Predators Having traveled extensively in the Pashtun tribal areas while working for the U.S. military and the CIA, Williams explores in detail the new technology of airborne assassinations. From miniature Scorpion missiles designed to kill terrorists while avoiding civilian “collateral damage” to
, the cigarette lighter–size homing beacons spies plant on their unsuspecting targets to direct drone missiles to them, the author describes the drone arsenal in full.
Evaluating the ethics of targeted killings and drone technology, Williams covers more than a hundred drone strikes, analyzing the number of slain civilians versus the number of terrorists killed to address the claims of antidrone activists. In examining the future of drone warfare, he reveals that the U.S. military is already building more unmanned than manned aerial vehicles. Predators helps us weigh the pros and cons of the drone program so that we can decide whether it is a vital strategic asset, a “frenemy,” or a little of both.

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47. Ibid.

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49. Eric Schmitt and Mark Mazzetti, “Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan,” New York Times , September 10, 2008.

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60. Ibid.; “Suspected US Missile Kills Twelve in Pakistan,” Standard , September 12, 2008.

61. Ibid.

62. Anwar Iqbal, “Drone Strikes Kill High Value Targets, US Tells Pakistan,” Dawn , February 9, 2009.

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65. Julian Barnes and Greg Miller, “Pakistan Gets a Say in Drone Attacks on Militants,” Los Angeles Times , May 13, 2009.