Drones Technology Research Paper

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The Effectiveness of Drone Technology Drone technology is a fairly new topic in today’s world. Their use is widely disputed all over the world, but most of what we hear is about how destructive they are, or how invasive they could be. Provided that there are some regulations added to their use by the public, drones could prove to be a very useful asset in numerable fields. Drones can be used for the transportation of information, homeland security (such as border security and disaster assistance), and help the U.S. in wars and conflicts so that we lose less lives to fighting. Bijan Gillani, on the Gale website in October, 2015, talked about an experiment that his after-school club did with drones. They used a drone to collect information …show more content…
Kostelnik, a retired major general of the United States Air Force said this about drones: “The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a part of the Department of Homeland Security, uses drones to protect America's borders, reduce the flow of drugs into the United States, and respond to natural and manmade disasters. Drones have several advantages as a homeland security tool: they can provide over twenty hours of surveillance on one mission and carry sensors to meet evolving threats. Drones can also be adapted to conduct maritime surveillance and drug interception missions. In fact, the Federal Aviation Administration has approved drones, as they can operate safely in national airspace systems. Indeed, congressional support for domestic drones will help the CBP continue its homeland security mission (Kostelnik).” With these advantages, it would be significantly harder for criminals or drug dealers to sneak across the border, and significantly easier to take care of both natural and manmade disasters. Drones have even been used in Search-and-Rescue missions to find lost people. Along with this, though, comes its own set of problems as well, especially when dealing with disasters. Sometimes, citizens will use personal drones to help out with those disasters, or even sometimes just to get more information on them. This has caused some severe accidents with respondents trying to get to the area of disaster, and will continue to do so. If some regulations are added, such as a law that makes it illegal for personal drones to be within the airspace of a natural disaster, then this problem should be fairly well solved. The government could also force citizens to register their personal drones, consequently making it easier for authorities to find those who choose to ignore the