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CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (KRQE) - Air Force pilots in New Mexico fly combat missions in Afghanistan without leaving their base as the role of unmanned drones grows increasingly important and lethal.
Originally posted by fapython
I think they can be very detrimental if the enemy ever becomes able to hack into their controls, making them obsolete against a high tech combatant, which is why if there is ever a war with china, it will be hard.
Originally posted by kyred
Neat. Fighting a war from the comfort of distance and A/C command posts. Sure beats pounding feet on the ground in some god forsaken place we have no business being in anyway.