Wüstenschiff

Dies ist ein Bericht einer Frau, die im US Dronen Programm gearbeitet hat und ihre Meinung, Erlebnisse und Gedanken schildert.

I worked on the US drone program. The public should know what really goes on

Few of the politicians who so brazenly proclaim the benefits of drones have a real clue how it actually works (and doesn't)

Whenever I read comments by politicians defending the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Predator and Reaper program – aka drones – I wish I could ask them a few questions. I'd start with: "How many women and children have you seen incinerated by a Hellfire missile?" And: "How many men have you seen crawl across a field, trying to make it to the nearest compound for help while bleeding out from severed legs?" Or even more pointedly: "How many soldiers have you seen die on the side of a road in Afghanistan because our ever-so-accurate UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] were unable to detect an IED [improvised explosive device] that awaited their convoy?" mehr...

Grüsse
Alexander

Alexander hat geschrieben:"How many soldiers have you seen die on the side of a road in Afghanistan because our ever-so-accurate UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] were unable to detect an IED [improvised explosive device] that awaited their convoy?" mehr...

...jetzt sollen die Drohnen auch noch jede am Strassenrand vergrabene IED finden koennen? Demnaechst wohl auch noch Gedanken lesen und in die Zukunft schauen?

Das nimmt mir grad die Lust, den Artikel zu lesen.

Ich schreibe lieber weiter an meinem naechsten kleinen Buch - es geht um die Zeit, als in den "Aufklaerungsdrohnen" noch ein Pilot und ein Beobachter sassen...