>"How many soldiers have you seen die on the side of a road in Afghanistan because our ever-so-accurate UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicle] were unable to detect an

>"How many soldiers have you seen die on the side of a road in Afghanistan because our ever-so-accurate UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicle] were unable to detect an IED [improvised explosive device] that awaited their convoy?" Right from the start the author veers of into things that have absolutely nothing to do with the viability of drone warfare. Using the authors logic, every single piece of equipment we have that wasn't designed specifically to prevent death by IED should be abandoned. Guess we don't need guns, uniforms, canteens, body armor, etc. The author does have some valid criticisms, but they are obscured by ridiculous tangents like this one. As for my own thoughts, I think that drones are a valid tool, but I also think that our government needs to use them in a far more responsible manner.