Unmanned Drones and "Collateral Damage"

To the Point

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4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2016

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The Obama Administration says drones can eliminate specific terrorist targets with a minimum of "collateral damage." But available numbers show conventional airstrikes take out fewer "civilians." We hear what it's like to kill people by operating a computer 8000 miles away.

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0:00.0	Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. The twice-monthly
0:07.2	podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices.
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0:23.7	intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page. From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI Public Radio International,
0:32.7	this is To the Point. Unmanned drones and collateral damage.
0:41.4	Hello again, I'm Arminolny, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,
0:45.4	a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.
0:48.1	The U.S. has vastly increased the use of drones to kill suspected terrorists in countries
0:52.5	where America's not officially at war.
0:55.3	They're operated from a base in Nevada, and the president insists they kill fewer civilians
0:59.6	accidentally than conventional airstrikes. But available numbers show it's exactly the other
1:05.0	way around, and the White House has yet to make good on the promise to be more transparent.
1:10.0	We'll hear what it's like to be on the kill list.
1:12.7	And we'll talk to a former bomber pilot who's also operated drones.
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