Drone Warfare Escalates: Commercial Drones Enter the Battle
In a world where even our coffee machines have been taken over by robots, the militaries have decided they don’t want to feel left out. Drone usage in warfare has not only spiked, but these unmanned wingers have now adopted intense work ethic. They’re like bees delivering honey! Except, well, they’re usually delivering missile strikes…
Key Points:
- Just three days into his presidency, Obama turned into a pro gamer, ordering his first official drone kills! Over his term, he became kind of a high roller in the drone casino, overseeing a massive expansion of the US’s strategic drone programme.
- Drones were quite appealing initially because, well, no pilots were needed! Plus, these quiet killers could carry out strikes before anyone could notice and pretend to have precision like a Swiss watch. Civilian deaths? Hmm… they didn’t make the highlight reel.
- Fast forward to now and the drone usage has skyrocketed, like Bezos to space! Except these drones do work. However, predominantly used Predator drones which cost around $12m (£9.5m) are being accompanied (and maybe outdone) by cheaper drones made by Turkey, Iran, and China. Seems like a Buy One, Get One offer turned into a reason for victories!
- In 2021, Gen Kenneth McKenzie stirred the pot. He claimed that it was the first time since the Korean war (yeah, that’s a really long time ago), that the US was operating without complete air superiority. Queue the dramatic music…
Conclusion
In an ever-evolving world where even drones are undergoing classism (tell me about it!), warfare is adopting new faces. No longer the era of boots on the ground, instead we have propellers in the sky. Who knows, with large pizza chains testing drone deliveries, maybe one day we’ll see a drone delivering a pizza on one street and a missile on another! Stay tuned folks, the future of warfare is here, and it’s flying high! Literally.
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https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/13/the-guardian-view-on-the-new-drone-wars-as-prices-fall-casualties-mount
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