The killer robots and their ethics

The problem with research and development is that we are thinking things too much from our point. When somebody introduces something new, the answer is always "no way we must follow the traditional way". And the argument is that our grandparents made things like that. 

There are always people who are against new things and new ideas because the old rules fit them. Those people are generals who are sitting in headquarters. The people who might not like their role in the traditional military system are the men, who execute orders in 40 degrees temperature and dust. 

If that person shoots somebody who has no weapons, that means court-martial. In modern society, military men are facing psychological pressure in the field and at home. Growing recruitment problems are causing that the replacement for the human operators is looking for intensively. 

One answer for the problem is to outsource the operation to mercenaries. But if there are so-called illegal activities in those troops. Or convicted prisoners are participating in that operation that thing can cause political scandal. The other way to act is to outsource those military actions to robots. 

The thing is that we always forget that if we are not using some methods. There might be people who are using and pleasing those new methods welcome. 

The killer robots are inhumane weapons, but effective weapons are always inhumane. They fight against the humanitarian rules of the United Nations. So is it possible that any humanitarian aid will get to the hands of ordinary people in Pakistan or Afghanistan? There is a great possibility that humanitarian aid will go to the hands of combatants. Those targets that are destroyed should be confirmed being hands of the militants. 

The reason why those drones are used in killing operations is that closing those targets is difficult. If the terrorists get the warning, they will slip away. The problem with this kind of elimination is that there are no prisoners, and only prisoners can help to locate the training centers and supporters of the militants.

And another problem is that there are always neutral or civilian targets around those probably terror bases that are neutralized by using Hellfire missiles. The missile would make the same destructive and horrifying effect even it is shot from manned aircraft. The next step is the man-looking robots, which can take prisoners and avoid civilian casualties. 

So what is the answer to that problem? Let's start to develop SWAT robots, that can go inside the building. Those SWAT robots can operate in universal areas. And they can deliver to operational areas by using the space-launch systems. That means that the old-fashion robot aircraft are soon getting company from the man-looking robots that can go inside buildings and get prisoners. 

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