In this program? Because that drone didn't fire a Hellfire, a human in a helicopter did. Hours were spent observing a suspicious target, far longer than would h

In this program? Because that drone didn't fire a Hellfire, a human in a helicopter did. Hours were spent observing a suspicious target, far longer than would have happened in any previous conflict, and observed by people who are not "in country" and thus not under the same pressures. Clearly the system isn't perfect, and there appears to be a major professionalism problem within the operators of the drone fleet. But removing drones from the equation in this scenario would have resulted in the AC130 spotting the convoy and making a determination based on less time and less imagery.