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My firsthand experience of the UAV advocates is from alongside the guys who make them. So I'm a tad more up to date than your average 'customer' pilot. No offence implied,
Sitting here in a chair (office type, not arm type), can I just say I thought that statement seemed very silly, and not a little arrogant!
As an ex green person (I have to confess to never having heard an officer call
himself a rupert), I think you may have come across the SA80 family of weapons. If you used them as a customer, did you often feel you knew less about their capabilities, flaws, and current use than the folks who made them?
It seems an odd attitude, especially as the design was not even perfected on it's initial roll out (something the makers knew), and more odd perhaps, as the manufacturers often ask the customer for feedback. Why would this be?
Sorry for being a bit ranty, but I feel you may be missing a massive point here
