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The guys flying the things have a set of ROE's and a chain of command that gives firing permission. If they get told to fire and the ROEs are met, the weapon is off the rail.
No, wrong, absolutely not and still No. You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.
Absolutely agree with Backwards PLT- I have been in this situation on many occasions and there is nobody who can convince me that what I did was incorrect. Nobody has ever tried either.
As for UAV drivers getting medals, why not? I can think of plenty of manned FW CAS pilots that got DFCs for providing the same service a Reaper driver can provide.
I believe that our Reaper drivers should all the get the Campaign medal (I thought they did, or is that just the crews that launch and land?) in the same way that every other CAS pilot in theatre gets it.