"I have incredibly mixed feelings about these technologies. On the one hand, it is infinitely safer for our pilots to be in an air-conditioned control room some

"I have incredibly mixed feelings about these technologies. On the one hand, it is infinitely safer for our pilots to be in an air-conditioned control room somewhere outside of Vegas. For saving the lives of american soldiers, this is an amazing step forward. This is good. On the other hand, it abstracts warfare to an uncomfortable degree." I wouldn't worry too much. Within five years, the "bad guys" will have drones (or equally lethal weaponry) too. Then their combatants would be safely ensconced somewhere too while pursuing the destruction of the "good guys". Technology is a great leveller, over time.