Title
Military Use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles : A Historical Study
Authors
[ 1 ] Instytut Studiów Strategicznych, Wydział Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego, Akademia Sztuki Wojennej | [ P ] employee
Scientific discipline (Law 2.0)
Year of publication
2018
Published in
Article type
scientific article
Publication language
english
Keywords
PL
- Bezzałogowe statki powietrzne
- Historia
- Sztuka wojenna
EN
- History
- Unmanned aerial vehicles
- Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles
Abstract
EN The following study is devoted to the phenomenon of unmanned aerial vehicles used throughout known history on the bat-tlefield or for military purposes. The purpose of the following text is to familiarise the reader with an overview with thecontemporary and historical employment of the unmanned vehicles on the battlefield. The study also aims to show that theconcept of unmanned combat vehicles, also unmanned aerial combat vehicles, is far more ancient than is it is widely known.The article is based on theoretical research methods, mostly multinational academic literature.The author starts with an introduction on the role of limiting soldiers’ fatalities and the concept of removing military menfrom the battleground. Then, the author presents known examples of using unmanned ships in battles from Thucydides’times to the invention of the Hell-burner of Antwerp. Further, the case of first unmanned combat aerial vehicle is presented,the bombing balloons from the nineteenth century, followed by a more contemporary study of the military use of unmannedaircrafts.The article is concluded with an analysis of the present employment of drones when they tend to substitute manned aircraftson various occasions, especially when a mission is deemed “dull, dirty or dangerous”.
Date of online publication
2018
Pages (from - to)
17 - 21
License type
CC BY (attribution alone)
Open Access Mode
open journal
Open Access Text Version
final published version
Ministry points / journal
1
Ministry points / journal in years 2017-2021
1
Publication indexed in
Index Copernicus | CEJSH
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