Great interview with a defense expert about how the drone fighters are rapidly changing the face of war:
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Excerpt:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Are we entering a new era?
Singer: Yes, you can compare the impact of this with the introduction of gunpowder, the printing press or the airplane.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Some people fear that it turns war into a video game.
Singer: To say that is far too simplistic. We're seeing a change in the very experience of war. The act of going to war used to entail you taking upon great risks. You might not come home one day. You might not see your ****** again. Now it's different. I heard a drone pilot explain it this way: You're going to war for one hour, and then you get in the car and drive home, and within two minutes you're sitting at the dinner table talking about your ****' homework. This is a very different experience of war.
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Excerpt:
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Are we entering a new era?
Singer: Yes, you can compare the impact of this with the introduction of gunpowder, the printing press or the airplane.
SPIEGEL ONLINE: Some people fear that it turns war into a video game.
Singer: To say that is far too simplistic. We're seeing a change in the very experience of war. The act of going to war used to entail you taking upon great risks. You might not come home one day. You might not see your ****** again. Now it's different. I heard a drone pilot explain it this way: You're going to war for one hour, and then you get in the car and drive home, and within two minutes you're sitting at the dinner table talking about your ****' homework. This is a very different experience of war.
