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All this criticism against drones. Drones are awesome. I've worked on the ground in Afghanistan on a Mechanized Infantry Platoon. There's nothing more calming
by anderspetersson 13y ago
All this criticism against drones. Drones are awesome.
I've worked on the ground in Afghanistan on a Mechanized Infantry Platoon. There's nothing more calming than hearing the buzz from a drone keeping an eye on the terrain from above and reporting to the TACP while you're on the ground. We where saved multiple times from running into ambushes and IEDs thanks to drones. Sure, Apache's could do the job as-well, but when they run out of fuel, and they do more often than a drone, you're on your own.
Sure, that's another mission from flying a drone to a compound in Pakistan and dropping some explosive on it, that I can not comment on since I have not seen the Intel behind those missions.
- dchichkov 13y agoBest comment in the thread. So we should concentrate on development of 'guardian' and 'intelligence' drones, and leave the offense part to the soldiers on the ground, right?
- anderspetersson 13y agoI believe both types of drones are needed, if the "fly-to-pakistan-and-drop-a-bomb-on-a-compound"-drones didnt exist, the SOF guys would have more to do, and would take more losses, I guess. I'm pretty sure the intel needed to carry out a drone-strike is insanely high. Drones are also great when the insurgents flees on their motorcycles, as often happens when the ground forces come in.