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truth2power

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12. It depends on what you mean by cost and who bears the burden of that cost....

Reply to Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 31, 2011, 10:25 AM

Dec 2011

In terms of innocent lives lost in other parts of the world, drones are far more costly because targeting decisions made by someone thousands of miles away are wrong much of the time.

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I hope this one has a self-destruct feature to foil (and destroy) reverse engineers. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Dec 2011 #2

Interesting hope. My hope is that it malfunctions and never takes off. JackRiddler Dec 2011 #6

I prefer this to the more costly, human-on-board version. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Dec 2011 #8

The question given the history of US government aggression is why you would want either. JackRiddler Dec 2011 #11

I agree that we spend too much on defense. But I see this type of technology as a means Thaddeus Kosciuszko Dec 2011 #13

It depends on what you mean by cost and who bears the burden of that cost.... truth2power Dec 2011 #12

Targeting decisions are often wrong when made under the stress of battle as well. Thaddeus Kosciuszko Dec 2011 #14

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And here I thought we were having money trouble. Nt xchrom Dec 2011 #7

Why yes! There's always money for the Merchants of Death, aka the US Military, isn't there?... truth2power Dec 2011 #9

I just heard in the last couple of days that drones are so cheap EFerrari Dec 2011 #10

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