a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> The problem is not armed drones. They are little different from advanced > artillery. > The problem, as always, is who controls them. > As I pointed out, no one controlled most previous weapons, such as WWII bombs dropped from airplanes. Any measure of control is likely to reduce innocent casualties, if the weapon is in the hands of responsible military officers. If the weapon is in the hands of terrorists, control will * increase* innocent casualties! > The real problem would be if they were put under the control of a computer > program, like in the Terminator. > It seems unlikely to me that we will be able to make such a program anytime in the next 100 years. - Jed
