rise of the MACHINES
When the job is too dangerous, monotonous or demanding, send in the drones. BY GEORGE CAHLINK
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DEADLY STRIKER The unmanned Predator drone fired on suspected al Qaeda leaders in Yemen in 2002.
During last year's Iraq campaign, Army Maj. Hilton Nunez felt more like an air traffic controller than the commander of six Hunter unmanned aerial vehicles. He juggled requests from Army generals for use of the pilotless aircraft. A division commander wanted a UAV to check for surface-to-air threats. A corps commander sought one to fly far ahead of advancing troops to gather intelligence for the next day's war planning. There were never enough UAVs to go around.
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