RPAS Charm Offensive

[Sun Who]

This is part of an attempt to ensure there is more than one message out there regarding the use of military RPAS/UAS.

BBC News - Philip Hammond defends use of military drones

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[Prop-Ed]

Did they invite Beagle along?

[Toadstool]

Nope, this is the modern RAF.

[Avtur]

Jonathan Beale didn't seem too impressed by it all.

[BEagle]

As someone once put it, operating a drone instead of flying an aeroplane is likely to appeal to those who prefer watching pornography to having sex....

That is a battle for the future. The one that has tried to rename the drone as a remotely piloted air system has probably already been lost.

Indeed. I wonder which journo first picked up on my 'Drones of Death' post some years ago, when some worthless insurgent was plinked by a drone? Other journos soon followed suit - and now 'drone' is the universal term used in the UK by everyone except the MoD and its drone operators.

[Red Line Entry]

I think the word 'drone' is very useful. It provides an immediate combat indicator that the individual using it has no knowledge of what he's talking about!

[BEagle]

...an immediate combat indicator...

Oooh - what a warry little turn of phrase....

[Haraka]

a.k.a the sudden appearance of a bullet hole........?