People in this thread would enjoy reading the following excellent short review of what drones are doing and their implications: http://www.nybooks.com/articles

People in this thread would enjoy reading the following excellent short review of what drones are doing and their implications: http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/sep/29/predators-and-robots-war/ http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/sep/29/predato... The statement you quote is impossible to rate as true or false. But here's a fuller quote from the article above: "But there are also quite a few things about drones that you might not have heard yet. Most Americans are probably unaware, for example, that the US Air Force now trains more UAV operators each year than traditional pilots. [...] As I write this, the US aerospace industry has for all practical purposes ceased research and development work on manned aircraft. "