U.S. Marine Lance Corporal Paxton Force, of Fox Co, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines Regiment checks T-Hawk, a surveillance drone camera in Helmand province (REUTERS/Erik de Castro).
Essay
Why Drones Work: The Case for Washington's Weapon of Choice
July/August 2013, Daniel L. Byman
Daniel Byman makes the case for the Obama administration's use of drones, writing that drone strikes have devastated al Qaeda at little financial cost, at no risk to U.S. forces, and with fewer civilian casualties than many alternative methods would have caused.