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Via ‘Drone Survival Guide’
Via ‘Drone Survival Guide’
Paul Scharre; Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald, Foreign Affairs: Why Drones Are Still the Future of War
Troops Will Learn to Trust Them
In a recent Foreign Affairs article, Jacquelyn Schneider and Julia Macdonald argue, based on their research interviewing U.S. ground troops, that troops prefer close air support from inhabited (“manned”) rather than uninhabited (“unmanned”) aircraft, or drones. After citing the limitations of today’s drones and anti-drone cultural attitudes among troops, they go on to say that “building better drones will not solve this problem” and that “policymakers should reexamine their apparent commitment to an unmanned future.”
Schneider and Macdonald’s research highlights important limitations of today’s drones. They are wrong, however, to conclude that the United States should reconsider its commitment to robotic technology. Quite the opposite: building better drones can solve many of the concerns they raise and should be a priority for future force development.
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WNU Editor: You have to register to read one free article a month from Foreign Affairs. But this is a must read for those who are interested in understanding where drone warfare is heading. Bottom line .... drones are here to stay, and we are witnessing the birth of an entirely knew way to conduct warfare.
