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TFA says the drone dropped a bomb into an open hatch with the guy standing in the open hatch, killing him.

• gozur88 10y ago
  Which they could have done a lot more efficiently with a rifle. Guys on the ground don't need anything fancy to take these things out. A medium machine gun would be just perfect.
  • Pyxl101 10y ago
    The difference is that dropping a bomb involves no risk to the drone pilot. Shooting at a main battle tank with a rifle? Another story.
  • ralfd 10y ago
    Did you watch the video? The advantage is that you can get over walled-in-areas and that even people on watch seldom look above.
  • cyberferret 10y ago
    Guns need line of sight. The drone operator here could have been safely ensconced in a house behind a hill a couple of blocks away and doing it all via first person camera view.
  • anigbrowl 10y ago
    I heard similar arguments assuring me that nobody needed cellphones, and then that they didn't need smartphones. If drones are superfluous why do we use them, mmm?
    • gozur88 10y ago
      We don't use drones like this.
      • anigbrowl 10y ago
        In terms of targeting, no. In terms of killing people, yes.
        • gozur88 10y ago
          By that I meant this drone is far to small to carry a useful payload.