| ID | 127927 |
| Title Proper | Next drone wars |
| Other Title Information | preparing for proliferation |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kreps, Sarah ; Zenko, Micah |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | During World War II, a top commander in what was then the U.S. Army Air Forces, General Henry "Hap" Arnold, developed a new way to attack U-boat stations and other heavily fortified German positions: he turned old B-17 and B-24 bombers into remotely piloted aircraft and loaded them with explosives. "If you can get mechanical machines to do this," Arnold wrote in a memo to his staff, "you are saving lives at the outset." The missions had a poor track record, but that did not deter Arnold from declaring in 1945 that "the next war may be fought by airplanes with no men in them at all." |
| `In' analytical Note | Foreign Affairs Vol. 93, No.2; Mar-Apr 2014: p.68-79 |
| Journal Source | Foreign Affairs Vol. 93, No.2; Mar-Apr 2014: p.68-79 |
| Key Words | World War II ; US Army Air Force ; United States ; Nuclear Weapons ; Ballistic Missiles ; Drone Wars |