Chalk one up for British engineering. Qinetiq have just demonstrated the results of an MOD-funded research project, the flight test of a system that can control and autonomously organise multiple unmanned aircraft at the command of a single remote operator. It won’t be long before there’s no need for human beings in the front line of warfare at all – but will that make war more or less appealing an option?
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It won’t be long before there’s no need for human beings in the front line of warfare at all – but will that make war more or less appealing an option?
“You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life. But if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.”
“This Kind of War’ by T.R. Fehrenbach
I’d add that every new invention has promised to make war unthinkable – submarines, airplanes, war gasses … they just make better weapons, is all.