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Military Submission from Drone Wars UK to the Defence Select Committee Inquiry ‘Towards the Next Defence and Security Review’ on the use of armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Drone Wars UK (Defence Select Committee), April 2013, pp. 13

01 February 2014

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This submission notes the alarming increase in the use of armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with “over 1,400 UAV airstrikes in Afghanistan over the past five years, with armed UAVs now carrying out a quarter of all air combat air sorties within Afghanistan.” It details five “legal and ethical concerns relating to current use of armed UAVs and two specific concerns about future developments.” Concerns about current use include: whether armed UAVs are lowering the political costs of military intervention, expanding the use of targeted killing and creating international instability rather than security. With regard to future use the submission details “concerns about moves to develop autonomous unmanned systems as well as arming smaller surveillance UAVs.” The submission also makes a plea for greater transparency in relation to the use of armed UAVs by UK armed forces.

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