CNO: Use of drones raises legal questions

[unhappycamper]

CNO: Use of drones raises legal questions
By Andrew Scutro - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Nov 2, 2009 16:50:49 EST

Legal concerns about the use of unmanned technology like airborne drones, as well as operations in cyberspace, have prompted the Navy to focus some of its own lawyers on the potential implications.

“As legal issues come forward with regard to unmanned systems and targeting and disrupting the flow of information, there are going to be legal issues that come up and issues related to the law of war,” said Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead on Monday after a session on unmanned naval technology at the Brookings Institute this morning.

“We have to have people who really think about that and study it and provide good advice to our commanders,” he said.

Roughead spoke during the session with Peter W. Singer, a senior fellow at the think tank and the author of a book about robotics in war.

The admiral said a section of staff at the Navy’s Judge Advocate General headquarters will be directed to look at legal questions as unmanned systems such as surveillance and attack drones enter military forces in greater numbers.


Rest of article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2009/11/navy_cyberlaw_110209/

[ronatchig]

1. I wonder how

long until this drone technology comes to a cop shop near you.