I went to a talk a while back about RAF drone operations; one of the panelists was an ethicist (and former RAF officer) who was talking about how the pace and structure of drone ops means that lawyers are embedded in the decision-making chain, and can so can ensure adherence to the laws of war in a way that you can't do in other battlefield situations. I wasn't entirely convinced, but it was an interesting perspective from the inside.
There's a film that covers this. Possible Drone strike on a compound, kid selling bread outside wall or something. Not sure how true it was to real world, the back & forth reminded me of trying to get management to agree to progress things at work.
I went to a talk a while back about RAF drone operations; one of the panelists was an ethicist (and former RAF officer) who was talking about how the pace and structure of drone ops means that lawyers are embedded in the decision-making chain, and can so can ensure adherence to the laws of war in a way that you can't do in other battlefield situations. I wasn't entirely convinced, but it was an interesting perspective from the inside.