
Predator Drone | From Albatross to Amber | S54-E1
American Innovations
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Drones and the Editor - Part One
The use of drones in targeted killings has become a routine part of modern warfare. President obama authorized more than 500 drone strikes during his two terms in office. Many question whether there are moral ramifications to this remote controlled warfare. Do drones reduce the horrors of war to something akin to a bidio game? The us. Military tinkered with the concept of pilot less aircraft as far back as world wor want. In 19 forty four, the army experimented with radio controlled b 17 bombers packed with explosives and rigged to be used as flying airborne bombs. It took an israeli engineer working out of his southern alif garage to jump start a revolution that would, for better or worse, forever change
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