1/5🧵In August, I briefed the UN Security Council on the growing threat of drones, urging action against their increasing transnational use.
Today's drone attacks on Kyiv show why urgent action is needed. Here are my three main points...
Today's drone attacks on Kyiv show why urgent action is needed. Here are my three main points...
2/5 First, this is an international problem, and so requires an international solution. From the Middle East to Ukraine, drones technologies - many of which are Iranian in design - are wreaking havoc on vital national infrastructure arabnews.com/node/2174446/m…
3/5 Second, just because drones can strike with 'precision' does not mean they spare civilian lives. In fact, the targeting of civilian sites with such strikes simply increases the certainty of civilian harm. We have seen this before: france24.com/en/live-news/2…
4/5 Third, we should be more worried about the use of drones in these so-called 'swarming' tactic saturation strikes. They can be used to take out air defence systems, opening the floodgates for a volley of hostile air power: washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
5/5 Thanks to @CornellTPL, you can read a condensed version of my UN briefing (including a link to my video address), here: tpi.as.cornell.edu/s/Policy-Brief…
But the overall issue is that our perception of drones as discriminating, proportionate, and accurate weapons needs to change. Drones, once deemed to be a panacea for the protection of nations, are now among the greatest threats to state security. css.ethz.ch/content/dam/et…
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