Drone Controversy: The Use Of Drones Analysis

Vectren Corp. (Underground Construction, 2014) The Author explained in the article, that the plan is to spend some $865 million dollar on the construction of the 1000 mile pipeline. It is said that is will be checked and examined, with the highest federal and state regulations of safety in my in mind. (Underground Construction, 2014) It has been stated that they will install new pipes, to ensure the safety of the plant given the amount pipe that will need to be installed. (Underground Construction,

Article One: Dainel Byman, in his article Why Drones Work: The Case for Washington’s weapon of Choice in an August 2013 article in the Brookings Institute, identifies the positive impact of US drone strikes. Byman contends that US drone strikes are extremely efficient, at little financial cost to the government, and protect the lives of American soldiers. For these reasons, Byman believes that US drone strikes are necessary to the war on terror.

The CIA and the U.S. military have been using drones for more than 100 years, but only in the past 10 years the public has realized how powerful this technology is. Drones should be used to combat terrorism in Afghanistan because they are a step into the future for warfare. Drones are some of the most used technologies that are used to combat terrorism in foreign countries, and there is a reason for that. Drones are used to spy, track, and assassinate high priority terrorists. Regular ways of warfare are not working in Afghanistan and Pakistan because the terrorists are very good at hiding, and looking for them on foot is a not only a tedious job, but it is also extremely dangerous. Just like with any new technology, especially technology that kills, there are always controversies. Although there is problems with the current drone technology and the drone program in general, all these problems can be easily fixed. There are many more positive aspects to the drone program that overwhelm the negative aspects of it.

The first pipelines were nothing special; they were short and sometimes made of wood. With their growing popularity into the 1860s, the quality control followed over the pipe manufacturing, switching from wrought iron to steal. (Pipeline 101, n.d.) Coming into the twenty-first century, the pipeline has still been playing a key role in the oil industry. Given, its importance to the oil industry it is important to understand how

My highest match in the quiz was Hillary Clinton. The three biggest issues that meant the most to me were same sex marriage, equal pay for both sexes and drone strikes. I think the reason these issues mean a lot to me is because they are all issues of the 21st century. For same sex marriage I voted yes and for equal wages I also put yes. The question that struck me the most was “do you support drone strikes for suspected terrorists?” to this I answered not to kill suspected terrorist, but to gather intelligence. I did some research on the topics and what I found was interesting. In 2013 female fulltime workers in almost every field of work made seventy-eight cents for every dollar that their male counter parts which is a gap of twenty percent.

Shortly after September 11, 2001, former president George W. Bush declared an international “war on terror.” He then sent troops to threatening countries such as Afghanistan; these troops personally conducted operations in order to honorably defend our country. Fast forward eight years and insert current president Barack Obama who continues the campaign against terrorism with a different approach. Instead of using real soldiers on the ground to fight terrorism he is essentially using robots. Obama’s counter-terrorism approach consists of targeted drone strikes where UAV’s are used to assassinate suspected leaders of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda. Meanwhile these strikes don’t always work, and they can hurt innocent

Drones are an effective counter insurgency tool deployed extensively throughout the world, especially by clandestine intelligence organizations often with the help of the country’s respective Air Force. Not only do they serve as an effective weapon, they minimize human

Pipelines are often viewed as a danger to the environment; this can be true as an oil spill can cause tremendous issues of toxicity and the death of wildlife. The companies who build pipelines are doing their best to ensure the safety of the wildlife and the environment. Preventative and safety efforts being made include leak detection systems and trenches that, if a leak were to occur, will keep oil from being carried away from the pipeline and contaminating the surrounding land (Congressional Digest, 2011). The United States has more than 2.4 million miles of energy pipeline; seventy-two thousand of which are crude oil lines used to supply oil to Americans (Kalen, 2012). Pipelines are something that already exist and

Unfortunately, in the scenario, it seems that firm I have contracted with is heading for a breach of contract. I now have to significantly wait for my drones. I may now be entitled to compensatory damages and can recover what it will cost to rush order the build of these six drones from another manufacturer. This would make my firm whole against as if the breach had not occurred. My firm will also incur additional costs to find another manufacturer of the drones if they can be rush delivered, I may also be able to get those incidental damages due to the breach. I may also be entitled to consequential damages if the soonest I could get the drones delivered by another manufacturer for a few weeks and I lose money on contract I have with

Terrorism is extremely sensitive subject, and rightfully so. I believe the United States has attempted to help form some form of defense in order to combat the growing threat of terrorism. Although I agree something must be done, I tend to disagree with the strategy. Yet, I will admit I really do not know what I would do if I was in a leadership positions and was forced to make a decision or come up with a plan. One such problem was spoken about by the NPR, in the debate about the US Drone policy. In one manner, Drones provide a safe way for the killing of dangerous individuals without ever putting a US solider in danger. However, Critics are likely to point out these Drone Strike occasionally have civilian causalities. My point simply being

Eleven years ago, the United States Air Force launched a missile from a drone for the first time at a test range in the Nevada desert (Drone Test) . The use of armed drones has risen dramatically since 2009. Now drone strikes are almost a daily occurrence. In 2011 the use of drones continued to rise with strikes in (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, Libya, Somalia. Proponents of armed drones argue that their ability to watch and wait, with their highly accurate sensors and cameras gives increased control over when and where to strike its both increasing the chances of success and

i. These vehicles could be used to collect data for climate research, ocean exploration, offshore oil exploration and production and even surveillance of pipelines and telecommunications.

Some might say that surveillance is an arbitrary invasion of privacy and others might mention that it is ¨big brother¨ watching over you with your best interest at hand. The controversial issues that provoked controversy, is whether it is justifiable or not justifiable for people in positions of authority to conduct surveillance of individuals. A textbook definition of surveillance is the continuous observation of a place, person, group, or ongoing activity to gather information. Overall, surveillance of the data and civilians phones can be favorable to their security and their community. One reasons why monitoring an adolescent's phone can be beneficial is it can stop suicide attempts as well as fatal actions. Another reason

According to Sean D. Murphy, U.S. anti-terrorist operations in Pakistan so far have taken the forms of drone strikes, “hot pursuits” into Pakistani territory in immediate response to raids from within Pakistan, and secret missions by special operations forces, such as the CIA, against militant targets located deeper in Pakistan . The numbers of incidents involving “hot pursuits” of the militant hideouts inside the Pakistani territory have been very few, so they have not attracted as much attention as other operations. There has only been one real recognized covert mission in Pakistan, which took place on September 3, 2008 in South Waziristan , an area under the control of the Taliban. This was the US’ first ground-based battle against the Taliban within Pakistani borders. This caused the death of many civilians and no “high-value” terrorist target. The Pakistani government strongly criticized this act and passed a resolution demanding American cooperation on covert operations, so the US did refrain from repeating such a mission; however, the American strikes using Unmanned Areal Vehicles, known as drones, have been going on since 2004 and have only increased since then under the Obama Administration.

This aspect of the testing increases the potential cost of NDE techniques. The most common NDE techniques implement a sensing mechanism which is sent down the interior of the pipeline. With oil pipelines, the contents of the pipeline provide coupling between the transducer and the pipe material, so the contents need not be removed. With natural gas pipelines, however, the gas provides poor coupling, which may require that the pipeline be filled with a coupling material, such as water. Because of this rather expensive complication, NDE techniques are not commonly used with natural gas pipelines. In addition, geometry of the pipeline limits the ability to use certain NDE techniques. The sensing mechanism is limited by the size in which it can be efficiently packaged, meaning that the techniques can only be used with pipes with a diameter larger than approximately 3-in (8-cm). The geometry of pipe bends and fittings can also limit the compatibility of these techniques. The geometry of the pipeline prevented the implementation of internal NDE techniques, forcing the operator to use less reliable techniques. Therefore, the corrosion went undetected and resulted in the eventual failure and explosion of the natural gas