Unmanned aircraft represent a growth industry because they deliver on their promise of cheaper, easier, and safer warfare. Therein lies the problem. They reduce the political impact of resorting to arms because there is reduced activity that enough is known about to hold anyone accountable for. Their use also affects foreign views of our national spirit. Moreover, they further separate combatants and societies from the full effects of war, which risks making it so painless it will be more readily resorted to. It devolves on our elected officials to weigh the morality of unmanned weapons against their practicality to ensure that national interests are truly met. America must not decouple from the ethical questions that should always attend armed conflict.