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Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know^DRG
Sarah Kreps
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Description for Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know^DRG
Paperback. The drone revolution has already changed warfare, and will soon become a commonplace tool in a civilian context too. It is clear that drone technology is here to stay. Drones: What Everyone Needs to Know explains how the revolution happened, what its current contours are, and where we might be headed next. Series: What Everyone Needs to Know. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: JP; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. In the last several years, many of the military advancements have been rivaled by those in the commercial realm. Civilian industries have clamored to acquire drones for everything from monitoring crops to filming Hollywood movies to delivering packages. Not ... Read more
Drones quite possibly represent the most transformative military innovation since jet engines and atomic weaponry. No longer do humans have to engage in close military action or be in the same geographical vicinity as the target. Now, through satellite imaging and remote technology, countries such as the United States can destroy small targets halfway around the world with pinpoint accuracy. In the last several years, many of the military advancements have been rivaled by those in the commercial realm. Civilian industries have clamored to acquire drones for everything from monitoring crops to filming Hollywood movies to delivering packages. Not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
What Everyone Needs to Know
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190235352
SKU
V9780190235352
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About Sarah Kreps
Sarah Kreps is an Associate Professor of Government and Adjunct Professor of Law at Cornell University. She has written widely on topics of international security, research that includes books on military interventions as well as drone warfare. Kreps has a B.A. from Harvard, M.Sc. from Oxford, and PhD from Georgetown University and previously served in the United States Air Force. ... Read more
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