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What can drones do to protect civilians in armed conflict?

  • Written by Michael Yekple, Ph.D. Candidate in Security Studies, University of Central Florida
U.N. technicians prepare an unarmed drone for flight over the Democratic Republic of Congo.MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti/Flickr, CC BY-SA

Drones are usually in the news for bad reasons, like controversial killings of suspected terrorists in the Middle East, bombings of Saudi oil facilities or an assassination attempt on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro...

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