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Targeted killing

Modern targeted killings are frequently performed using unmanned combat aerial vehicles like the MQ-9 Reaper.

Targeted killing is a form of assassination carried out by governments outside a judicial procedure or a battlefield.[1][2][3][4]

Since the late 20th century, the legal status of targeted killing has become a subject of contention within and between various nations. Historically, at least since the mid-eighteenth century, Western thinking has generally considered the use of assassination as a tool of statecraft to be illegal.[5] Some academics, military personnel and officials[6] describe targeted killing as legitimate within the context of self-defense, when employed against terrorists or combatants engaged in asymmetrical warfare. They argue that unmanned combat aerial vehicles (drones) are more humane and more accurate than manned vehicles.[7][8]

Scholars are also divided as to whether targeted killings are an effective counterterrorism strategy.[9][10][11][12][13][14]

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  14. ^ Price, Bryan C. (1 April 2012). "Targeting Top Terrorists: How Leadership Decapitation Contributes to Counterterrorism". International Security. 36 (4): 9–46. doi:10.1162/ISEC_a_00075. ISSN 0162-2889. S2CID 15188795.

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