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Has the development of Precision Guided Weapons solved the moral dilemmas presented by the use of air power?
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Has the development of Precision Guided Weapons solved the moral dilemmas presented by the use of air power? The development of Precision Guided Weapons (PGW) has widely been heralded as one which has revolutionised modern warfare and allowed for the clinical destruction of the enemy, often from a position of stand-off to reduce the risk to aircrew. The increased accuracy provided by PGW, it is mooted, has allowed a modern combatant to deliver munitions accurately to the target, whilst reducing the likelihood of injuring non-combatants in the environs and of creating excessive collateral damage: "Given the American sensitivity to casualties, our own and Iraqi civilians, [the F117] were the ideal weapon systems for attacking targets in the heart of heavily defended, heavily populated cities"1 Whilst the chance of injury to ones own forces is always a factor in any military decision, it is the potential for civilian casualties and collateral damage that provides...
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