RIT Panel Discusses Drone Weapons

Rochester Institute of Technology hosted a panel discussion on March 31, 2011 attended by 40 people. The three panelists were Ed Kinane of the Syracuse Peace Council, Jack Bradigan-Spula, a local antiwar activist and musician, and Professor Vincent Serravallo, of Sociology at RIT. The topic of discussion was the drone weapons being used by the US in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere. Drones are remote-controlled small aircraft equipped with precision cameras and up to 3500 pounds of weaponry. Pentagon officials describe them as “Hunter-Killers” capable of seeking out and destroying individual buildings, vehicles or even people. They require no pilot or flight crew on board.

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