Drones Signal Strategic Shift In The War Against Terror

Modern warfare ... an MQ-1 Predator unmanned aircraft. Photo: Reuters

Cheap And Slick Drones Signal Strategic Shift -- Sydney Morning Herald

WASHINGTON: The CIA drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the US-born propagandist for al-Qaeda's rising franchise in Yemen, was one more demonstration of what US officials say is a cheap, safe and precise tool to eliminate enemies. It was also a sign that the decade-old US campaign against terrorism has reached a turning point.

Disillusioned by the huge costs and uncertain outcomes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Obama administration has decisively embraced the drone, along with small-scale lightning raids such as the one that killed Osama bin Laden in May, as the future of the fight against terrorist networks.

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Update: Drones are future of U.S. war on terrorism -- StlToday

My Comment: A brief analysis on the imp[act of the drone war can be found here.

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