The Rise of UNMANNED AIRCRAFT.

The article explores the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), also known as drones, by U.S. Armed Forces, and its implications on military policy. The use of UAS in the Afghan War and Iraq War by the U.S. Air Force is considered. Other subjects include the philosophies towards UAS held by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Air Force Chief of Staff General Norton Schwartz, as well as the development of UAS technologies by inventors such as Elmer Sperry, Charles Kettering, and Reginald Denny.