Saturday, April 5, 2014

New Helicopter Drones... Brought to you by... Nobody knows.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/05/new-technology-to-enable-navy-drones-to-choose-flight-paths-landing-sites/

      First the new helicopter drones are for moving supplies just like the Predator Drones were made for surveillance, then what? Attack human combatants? Shouldn't the human element be present in the "targets" locale to make the right judgment call? I mean the actual pilot is observing through a camera. It takes the humanity away from the "target" completely whilst viewing the "target" on a monitor. I know that there are folks on the ground who communicate the "targets" location and I don't mean to second guess their judgment but, Taking the humanity out of your oppositional force has been done before over and over again and it never solves anything it only worsens it. I also know that these drones do a lot to support soldiers on the ground. I'm just not so sure about fire support though. It's just my opinion. Like it or don't... I don't care. The idea of these drones attacking human "targets" raises more questionable doubts in my mind. First the police will want them for surveillance purposes, are the police also going to attach weapons to the drones that they receive from the federal government and attack criminals or suspected criminals with them? "Suspected" is the key word and should raise red flags in your mind.

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