People run away in fright at the market place. You can hear a child scream. A menacing shadow is floating in the sky. It’s a drone! AHHH!
Unmanned drones are military, remote controlled airplanes, which can be controlled from a million of miles away. The technology that makes drones possible is very new, and they have only been used in real wars for a short time. So far, only a few countries can build drones, like the US, France and the UK.
The idea of people sitting far away, watching other people and shooting at them, worries many people. Some people think that drones are dangerous and should not be used, whereas others think that they are fair weapons. Campaigners in this country thinks that Britain should lead the effort of an international ban on development of autonomous “killer robots”. Military people think differently. They believe existing armed drone technology poses no ethical problems, or so says a former director of GCHQ, the secret police.
Not everyone likes the idea of more of these in the skies…
By Marcelo and Callum