Given the US's history of drone use over the last couple decades, the neutral-positive tone in this article is chilling. Propaganda like this is partially inten

Given the US's history of drone use over the last couple decades, the neutral-positive tone in this article is chilling. Propaganda like this is partially intended to get you to focus on the technology rather than its purpose, and I think the HN audience is particularly prone to this so don't get distracted. The graphic of china comes across as especially bloodthirsty as well. It doesn't directly have anything to do with the article, just another little data point to help you mentally prepare for the war with china it's increasingly seeming like someone has already decided we will have. And I'm just going head off the accusations of making this political right now: an article about advancing military technology is political. If pointing that out isn't appropriate then posting the article isn't either.