A military drone has crashed into Lake Ontario during a New York Air National Guard training mission.Those deadly little R/C toys cost $16.9 million apiece.
State military officials say the MQ-9 Reaper had taken off from Wheeler Sack Army Airfield at Fort Drum and was operating in approved airspace over the eastern side of the lake when it was lost around 1 p.m. Tuesday. They say the aircraft was not armed and there were no injuries.
I remember that, back when the Iraqi insurgents were using command-detonated IEDs, our soldiers called them cowards for not coming out and fighting. And yet our nation kills people by remote control from half-way around the world.
I know there is no use complaining about this. Remote-control warfare is out of the bottle and there is no stuffing it back in. But it doesn't sit right with me and it never will.
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