Imagine China sending a drone into the USA airspace to kill someone....

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73. Weapons Sales For Fun and Profit...

The point is the technology behind making drones is already being made available on the world wide arms market...the article I found showed a Chinese company already looking to fill orders from cash-in-hand customers. I'm sure American companies are also looking at turning profits from selling drones...military or otherwise...to anyone who can afford the $3 million or so per copy. Again...there's no laws addressing this matter and we could see a future world where not only nations but para military organizations will incorporate drones into warfare.

Again...there isn't anything mentioned about China being a security threat. The OP used that as a hypothetical...the issue I'm looking at is the need to address the use of drones on an international level...at the U.N. so that there can be monitoring and possible regulation on the use of these weapons.

Like others, I'm concerned about domestic uses of drones without some kind of judicial oversight...similar to a FISA court, but I'm not concerned about "Red" China launching drone attacks on Duluth. However, I could see Chinese made drones sold to a Syria used against its own people or a Tutu-dominated government in Burundi intent on settling scores with Hutus in neighboring Rwanda. Or...unforunately...against U.S. citizens abroad in the wrong country at the wrong time...