The world of weapons and war are being radically transformed by the machine that's just come in and landed next to me.

The US Air Force called them remotely piloted aircraft, but most of us know

them by a more common name, drones.

And if the world of weapons is changing, so too is the rhetoric around their use.

ISIS is making a tremendous amount of money because they have certain oil

camps, right? They have certain areas of oil that they took away. They have some in Syria, some in Iraq.

I would bomb the shit out of them.

Donald Trump's language will worry some,

but it's worth remembering that President Obama's legacy

includes a dramatic expansion in the use of drone warfare, and he's handing that

over to the new president.

If I were in the White House now,

I'd be worried about the way these powers would be used

by the Trump administration.

You know, these powers are very, very broad.

They are not cabins by anything other than executive discretion.

Ever since we put the weapons on drones, the mission has changed.

And to me, having weaponized drones is terror.

And how do we fight a war on terror? having weaponized drones is terror.

And how do we fight a war on terror with more terror?

I'm Vin Ray, and in this program for the BBC World Service,

I'll be looking at the future of drones. Are they a vital tool in the war against terror?

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