The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has changed in many ways over the last decade. During that time it has changed in terms of design, functionality and use. One advance that the public and foreign citizens debate is the legality of using such aircraft when the weapons systems they carry are used to target perceived threatening forces across international borders. Specifically in Pakistan, this has been a particularly challenging problem to overcome. It's hard to argue that, given the opportunity to endanger a machine or a man, we would choose a machine. This argument can only work as long as the potential for collateral damage remains at a tolerable level. A tolerable level looks very different if you are an official in Washington DC than if you are a mother of four who has witnessed the devastating consequences that can occur because a Taliban leader was sleeping next door. Many leaders and alleged members of terrorist organizations such as the Taliban, Hezbollah and Al Qaeda seek asylum and refuge within Pakistan's borders. It wasn't long ago that the number one on our most wanted list, Osama bin Laden, was killed in a raid on a compound just across the border from Pakistan. The targeted attack carried out by the six members of the Seal Team garnered harsh criticism from Pakistani officials simply because they had not been informed of the attack before it occurred, nor had they asked for permission to carry out such an assault. The potential danger to soldiers and the risk of igniting further ire and criticism from the Pakistani government leads to the widespread use of drones across this particular international border. It is especially difficult to limit collateral damage in densely populated urban areas. These lea...... middle of paper...... Works Cited Frank Strickland. An Insider's Perspective on Innovation During Fiscal Austerity, March 2013. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/ vol.-57 -no.-1-a/vol.-57-no.-1-a-pdfs/Strickland-Evolution%20of%20the%20Predator.pdfDepartment of the Army. FM 3-04 Army Unmanned Aerial System Operations. 155. April 2008. https://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fmi3-04-155.pdfUsman Ansari. UAV attack could endanger NATO supply lines in Pakistan. November 5, 2013. http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131105/DEFREG03/311050020/John David Blom. Unmanned Aerial Systems: A Historical Perspective. September 2010. http://usacac.army.mil/cac2/cgsc/carl/download/csipubs/OP37.pdfDepartment of the Army, Army Use of the Electromagnetic Spectrum. March 15, 2013. https://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ar5-12.pdf