Long imagined as a science fiction scenario, robotic warfare is very much today’s reality. As Randall Munroe of the web comic XKCD put it, “We live in a world where there are actual fleets of robot assassins patrolling the skies. At some point there, we left the present and entered the future.” Full Story »
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“The drone war is documented, downloaded, accessible for everyone,” Singer said in an interview with Der Spiegel last year. “You can see the videos on YouTube. It’s turning war for some into a form of entertainment. The soldiers call that ‘war porn.’ We can see more but experience less.” Another concern is that the desensitization of war, along with the cost effectiveness of drones, will lead to more war in the future.
The article skims the surface of a number of interesting areas.
Though not really within the stated purpose of the piece I would have like to have seen more on what effect loss of the (advanced) drone to Iran (and therefore to China and Russia) may mean.