Members of the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron from Indian Springs, Nevada perform pre-flight checks on a Predator unmanned aerial vehicle prior to a mission in this Nov. 9, 2001 file photo shot at an undisclosed location. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday evening, April 21, President Obama had approved the use of drones for strikes against Col. Qaddafi's forces and defense positions. U.S. Air Force/Reuters/FileTerminators to Tripoli -- William Saletan, Slate
Killer drones in Libya: The global expansion of remote-controlled warfare.
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced the next stage of the most important military invasion of the 21st century. It isn't the invasion of Iraq, Afghanistan, or Libya. It's the invasion of warfare by unmanned vehicles.
The invasion began quietly years ago, with scattered, occasional reports of drone strikes in Pakistan. As these reports accumulated, it gradually became apparent that the U.S., without putting troops on the ground or sending pilots into Pakistani air space, was using drones to wage the world's first remote-controlled war. That was the invasion's first stage.
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My Comment: My prediction .... though we are probably years away from that .... is that one day we will have drones on the ground. When that happens .... we will then certainly be living in a "Terminator world"