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Let's just agree that anyone's drones are completely fair game for anyone else with the means to destroy them. Their destruction is not justification for anythi

Let's just agree that anyone's drones are completely fair game for anyone else with the means to destroy them. Their destruction is not justification for anything other than a claim for damages in court.

kulix425 7y ago
World governments will most certainly not adopt this view when their drone is shot down.
azernik 7y ago
Seems to be the stance both sides here are taking - a big factor in the US not responding to the shootdown a few weeks back is that it was just a drone.
ilikehurdles 7y ago
I agree. Spies, when detected, are often killed by the country they are operating in. Why should the machinery of a drone have a higher value on it than human life?
EpicEng 7y ago
>Their destruction is not justification for anything other than a claim for damages in court. No one is going ballistic over downed drones (not yet at least), but only damages? C'mon, be serious. These things are often classified tech in their own right and may contain classified information. Back and forth like this between sovereign countries is not really a matter for a civil court.
- eloff 7y ago
  Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll. I like to think that was all theatre for the benefit of Iran, but you never can tell with trump between crazy on purpose and well just crazy.
  - EpicEng 7y ago
    >Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll. Sure, and how many appalling things does Trump "nearly" do each week? The guy's mouth leaks like a sieve and I don't imagine you really believe he received a casualty estimate mere minutes before giving the go ahead. That is not at all how these things work. His story made no sense at all... unless he was lying to both frighten Iran and appear empathetic at home. Your second sentence is far more likely than your first.
    - eloff 7y ago
      Likely, but we don't know. So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting to downed drones, clearly one very important party is.
      - EpicEng 7y ago
        >So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting "Acting" is a fairly important part of the word "overreacting". There were no actions, so there was no overreaction. You know Trump better than this by now.
lonelappde 7y ago
Military drones cost $4M to $140M. That's well in the range of what govts and private entities risk human life over, whether you like it or not.
- devoply 7y ago
  Missiles are similarly expensive.

kulix425 7y ago

World governments will most certainly not adopt this view when their drone is shot down.

azernik 7y ago

Seems to be the stance both sides here are taking - a big factor in the US not responding to the shootdown a few weeks back is that it was just a drone.

ilikehurdles 7y ago

I agree. Spies, when detected, are often killed by the country they are operating in. Why should the machinery of a drone have a higher value on it than human life?

EpicEng 7y ago

>Their destruction is not justification for anything other than a claim for damages in court. No one is going ballistic over downed drones (not yet at least), but only damages? C'mon, be serious. These things are often classified tech in their own right and may contain classified information. Back and forth like this between sovereign countries is not really a matter for a civil court.

eloff 7y ago
Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll. I like to think that was all theatre for the benefit of Iran, but you never can tell with trump between crazy on purpose and well just crazy.
- EpicEng 7y ago
  >Not true. Trump nearly retaliated over a downed drone with an attack estimated to cost Iranians 100 lives. He called it off at the last minute when confronted with the potential death toll. Sure, and how many appalling things does Trump "nearly" do each week? The guy's mouth leaks like a sieve and I don't imagine you really believe he received a casualty estimate mere minutes before giving the go ahead. That is not at all how these things work. His story made no sense at all... unless he was lying to both frighten Iran and appear empathetic at home. Your second sentence is far more likely than your first.
  - eloff 7y ago
    Likely, but we don't know. So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting to downed drones, clearly one very important party is.
    - EpicEng 7y ago
      >So you can't just brush it off and say nobody is overreacting "Acting" is a fairly important part of the word "overreacting". There were no actions, so there was no overreaction. You know Trump better than this by now.

lonelappde 7y ago

Military drones cost $4M to $140M. That's well in the range of what govts and private entities risk human life over, whether you like it or not.

devoply 7y ago
Missiles are similarly expensive.