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請依下文回答第 26 題至第 30 題：     The recent proliferation of drones has spawned intellectual debates on whether a country has the right underthe Law of Armed Conflicts and international law to unilaterally deploy these remotely controlled aircrafts abroadfor military purposes. The use of drones in support of combat operations – particularly striking distant terroroperatives – has become the most controversial legal topic. Many of the most frequently expressed criticismsabout drones and drone warfare do not hold up well under serious scrutiny or, at any rate, there’s nothing uniquelydifferent or worse about drones when compared to other military technologies. Consider the most commonanti-drone argument: drones kill a disproportionate number of civilian noncombatants. However, drones kill fewercivilians, as a percentage of total fatalities, than any other military weapon. According to the UN’s mission inAfghanistan (UNAMA) 2012 report, the number of Afghan civilian casualties caused by the United States and itsallies did not increase in 2012; in fact, they decreased by 46 percent. More specifically, civilian casualties from“aerial attacks” fell 42 percent. The UNAMA report found that drones released 506 weapons in 2012, comparedto 294 from the previous year. Five incidents resulted in casualties with sixteen civilians killed and threewounded, up from just one incident in 2011. Even as drone attacks increased, the UN reported an overall decreasein civilian deaths by airstrikes with the US-led coalition implementing stricter measures to prevent innocentpeople from being killed. In another empirical report concerning drone strikes cited by The New York Times, 522strikes have killed an estimated 3,376 militants and 476 civilians, decimating al-Qaida leadership even as the lossof innocent life intensifies anti-American sentiment in nations where strikes occur. Further, according to The LongWar Journal, an estimated 801 militant deaths in Pakistan occurred from US drone strikes in 2010. This figure issignificantly higher than the 195 drone-caused deaths occurring from 2004 to 2007.
26 According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct about drones used for militarypurposes?
(A)Drone warfare kills indiscriminately civilians and combatants.
(B)Drones could be deployed to cause massive noncombatant deaths.
(C)Drones are increasingly inefficient to cause military deaths.
(D)Fewer civilian casualties were caused even with more drone attacks.

參考答案

答案：D
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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