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What are the reasons or factors that can stimulate or implementation of drones
12:59 AMThe reasons or factors that can stimulate or implementation of drones
1. Air safety
A growing number of drones have been constant flown dangerously close to commercial aircraft, which violating federal rules about their operation. Recently, a hobby drone flying above a wildfire in California forced officials there to ground fire-fighting aircraft due to safety concerns. “Drones, these devices are becoming universal” said formal Airline Captain Chesley Sully Sullenberger. Imagine what if a device can do that might weigh 25 or possibly up to 55 pound to bring down an airplane.
2. Flying Weapons
A video published last month of a handgun being fired from a flying drone quickly went viral. It also brought both federal and state scrutiny to the issue of drones being turned into potential weapons. The video was released by 18-year-old Austin Haughwout of Clinton, Connecticut. He wasn't charged with any criminal offenses because police said he hadn't violated any state laws. But the FAA is looking into whether he violated regulations that ban the careless or reckless operation of a model aircraft.
Lawmakers say the case has raised a new series of concerns.
"Drones present a new, unique set of policy questions," Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., said in an interview with the Hartford Courant. "What happened in Clinton is really scary. We've got to make sure that our federal laws are pretty clear on some of these new, thorny questions. ... None of this is science fiction any longer."
3. Crowded Skies
At the present time, especially the big delivery and service companies, already has big plans for turning drone technology into new sources of revenues such as delivery services throughout drones. For instance, Amazon has announced its “Prime Air,” a delivery system it says will finally allow the company to “to safely get packages into customers’ hands in 30 minutes or less” using small drones.
In addition, Google (GOOG) also has a drone delivery service called Wing in the works. Experts say the major issue for these companies is the current lag time between drone technologies and official policies about drone usage.
Lisa Ellman, co-chair of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Group at the Hogan Lovells law firm, has worked with the Obama administration on drone regulatory issues. In an interview with Tech.Co, Ellman said she expects some "major advancement" on drone policy in the near future, including rules that will prohibit drone flights in cities and crowded areas.
But beyond those bans, "we'll see growth in the drone services industry and drone technologies," she added. "The best part though, is that regardless of where it's going, it won't stop growing."
4. The Privacy Interruption
One disadvantage of drones is that they can be considered an invasion of privacy in the sense that they are constantly surveilling. Drones can carry high-power zoom lenses, night vision, and see-through imaging. Many people see drones flying over our homes as spying on us while we conduct our everyday lives. Rand Paul senator from Kentucky said, “When I have friends over for a barbecue, the government drone is not on the invitation list. I do not want a drone monitoring where I go, what I do and for how long I do whatever it is that I’m doing. I do not want a nanny state watching over my every move (Levs, 2013).” In June, at a Senate Judiciary Committee FBI oversight hearing, former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III admitted that the FBI had been using drones in law enforcement operations and domestic surveillance since 2006. Mueller addressed privacy concerns by saying that the agency was in the initial stages of writing privacy policy to ensure that the drones are used in a manner that does not violate constitutional privacy rights. Some find it odd that they are only in the “initial stages” some seven years after the FBI began using drones for domestic surveillance (Banner, 2013). Figuring out this privacy issue will certainly be a hot topic in the near future.
The most debates about the use of drones, it seems to pale against the concerns about the privacy. By the same token, the debate is structured around legal terms, using such constructs as “reasonable expectation of privacy,” “private property” and “pubic land.” For example; the way the law reads now is that private property only exists up to the “Nation Air Space of 500 feet in most cases.” Unless changes are made the law, therefore, drones would be free to fly and take pictures and videos of people on the ground within this public air space.
5. Criminal Use
Unfortunately, drones have been discovered by a criminal element for more despicable activities. News stories along the US and Mexican border have indicated that drug cartels have recently used drones to transfer illegal drugs across the border, into the US.
Still, there have also been incidents reported in Russia, Australia and the US where drones have been used to try and get items (illegal drugs and other contraband) into prisons. These incidents have left law enforcement with concerns about the criminal use of drones and what other uses criminal enterprise may develop for this new technology.
6. Collateral damage
One last disadvantage of drones is that they leave behind collateral damage. As stated earlier drones have the capability to be used very precisely but that is not always the case. Many civilian casualties have been taken by drones including children. The military reports that civilian casualties are rare but people are saying otherwise. The Amnesty report supports media accounts from October last year that a 68-year-old woman, Mamana Bibi, was killed by a missile fired from a drone while she was picking okra outside her home in North Waziristan with her grandchildren nearby. A second strike minutes later injured family members tending her (Boone, 2013). Brandon Bryant a former US Drone pilot spoke about his experience on NPR. He fired missiles into Afghanistan from a Las Vegas control room. Now, homeless and suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Bryant’s second shot with the drone is one he will never forget. On a routine mission, he was ordered to fire a missile at a house with three suspected militants inside. Moments before the missile hit, Bryant says he saw something run around the corner of the building. “It looked like a small person,” he says
7. Prices
It’s not just only a toy, drones are considered as a useful of the present innovation for many sectors, especially to the tourism sector. In the past, drones were used for making movies and associated press, therefore, at the time the price was greatly expensive for a common user.
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