{"id":201963,"date":"2022-08-25T18:39:27","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=201963"},"modified":"2022-08-25T18:40:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:10:54","slug":"drone-strikes-targeted-killings-raise-troubling-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drone-strikes-targeted-killings-raise-troubling-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone strikes: Targeted killings raise troubling questions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: The post is based on an article\u00a0<strong>\u201c<\/strong><strong>Drone strikes: Targeted killings raise troubling questions\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0published in\u00a0<strong>The Business Standard<\/strong>\u00a0on\u00a0<strong>25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0August 2022<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Science and technology and their effects on everyday life<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>News: I<\/strong>ncreasing range and unrestricted use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), is a matter of global concern.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) are fully machine-systems controlled and depend on facial recognition and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Such drones operate only on the basis of ex-ante data inputs about the target and are independent of human discretion in carrying out a strike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Examples of the use of cross-border drones: 1)<\/strong> The US government announced on August 1 that the Egyptian surgeon Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by them in a drone strike in Kabul. <strong>2) <\/strong>More than two years ago, on January 3, 2020, Qasem Soleimani an Iranian major general was killed at Baghdad airport by a Reaper drone strike launched by the US.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Which countries have developed such drones?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Along with the US, a Turkish government-promoted company called Savunma Teknolojileri Muhendislik (STM) produces a drone named Kargu-2, which can be operated manually and autonomously.<\/p>\n<p>India is behind Turkey and even lagging Iran in the context of drones and these types of drones pose a threat to the national security of India.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>What are the concerns with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)?<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>First, <\/strong>there is no international convention limiting or providing a context for the use of such weapons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second, <\/strong>there is no publicly available information about the reliability of LAWS.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third,<\/strong> the concerns with the development of drones are the increasing range, automation, and possibly deniability of origin.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fourth,<\/strong> The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for rules to regulate and limit the use of LAWS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on an article\u00a0\u201cDrone strikes: Targeted killings raise troubling questions\u201d\u00a0published in\u00a0The Business Standard\u00a0on\u00a025th\u00a0August 2022. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Science and technology and their effects on everyday life News: Increasing range and unrestricted use of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS), is a matter of global concern. 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