being sick i don't feel guilty about posting this many links.
here's a good article about the unmanned aerial vehicles that were operating over afghanistan. one quote that illustrates why the air force is slow to replace pilots: [i guess i lost the link to this article]
Is this really "combat?" asks one long-time member of the manned aircraft community. "If the president is asked to help somebody and you send a couple of robots, have you really answered the call?"uhmm, hey isn't the goal of a military action to achieve your goals with a minimum number of casualties? so if you can "answer the call" and not get anyone killed, it the means is less important. Posted by drewish at February 8, 2002 12:54 PM
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