Is there a benefit to drones then? It just seems like overkill to spend a couple million on a spycraft if you can view the area anyway.

Originally Posted by Spartacus

Is there a benefit to drones then? It just seems like overkill to spend a couple million on a spycraft if you can view the area anyway.

Well, they're cheap and can carry a Hellfire missile, machine gun,or maybe a tactical nuke right into a cave.

The us has the ability (and who knows who else) to overfly other countries without them knowing it. England did the same to Nazi Germany before the war, Germany did it to the USSR, and of course we did it to russia all during the cold war. A drone has some advantages. theoretically it is wrong but. Knowing is always better than uncertainty, that is what causes a war.

Originally Posted by masterblaster

The us has the ability (and who knows who else) to overfly other countries without them knowing it. England did the same to Nazi Germany before the war, Germany did it to the USSR, and of course we did it to russia all during the cold war. A drone has some advantages. theoretically it is wrong but. Knowing is always better than uncertainty, that is what causes a war.

Right, paradoxically enough, whatever is good for collecting information is good for avoiding a war.

President Reagan said "trust but verify." That's still a good idea.

Originally Posted by Missileer

President Reagan said "trust but verify." That's still a good idea.

Whatever he said was and still is a good idea