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I agree with your assessment here. However, I didn't want to voice it because it would lead to a less that savoury place, like other drone threads have. But I
by cyberferret 10y ago
I agree with your assessment here. However, I didn't want to voice it because it would lead to a less that savoury place, like other drone threads have.
But I do appreciate the irony that a weapon when wielded from one side is an effective platform for swift and immediate justice & retribution, but when eventually wielded by the opposing side, is suddenly an evil, sneaky and underhanded thing indeed.
- anigbrowl 10y agoI've got very conflicted feelings about it myself. On the one hand, precision drone bombing is preferable to the older approaches of using bombers or conventional ICBMs. The ideal would be to simply stop bombing people, of course, but that would only last until such time as there were a substantial terrorist attack on American soil. As long as military engagement remains a political reality, I prefer it come in as low a cost in human life as possible. But it's arguable that the second-order costs end up being higher. At the same time I think it's inevitable given the available technology.
- gozur88 10y agoThe US Army has a project they're calling " Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System" that's designed to kill just the person they're after. It's essentially a tiny remote controlled helicopter with high-precision sensors and a stabilized rifle. They started flying a prototype in 2009, but I can't tell from public sources if they ever got it to work.