1st Edition
Drones and the Future of Air Warfare The Evolution of Remotely Piloted Aircraft
By Michael P. Kreuzer
Copyright 2016
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
258 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the evolution of airpower and specifically the growth and proliferation of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPAs).
While most existing literature examines either the law or ethics of RPAs, and some newer scholarship looks to the battlefield effectiveness (the gains from strikes versus the potential for ‘blowback, etc.), this work investigates it from a broader military... Read more
1. Introduction
2. U.S. Employment of RPAs
3. The Human Challenges of ‘Unmanned’ Aircraft
4. The Global Diffusion of RPAs
5. Planning for the Future of RPAs and UCAVs
Biography
Michael P. Kreuzer is a career Air Force officer. He is a Non-Resident Fellow at Princeton’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self Determination and a Military Fellow at William and Mary’s Program on International Peace and Security. He holds a PhD in International Security Studies from Princeton University.
