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Air Force hires civilian drone pilots for combat patrols - dmcowen674 - 11-29-2015
11-28-2015
Air Force hires civilian drone pilots for combat patrols
The Air Force has hired civilian defense contractors to fly MQ-9 Reaper drones to help track suspected militants and other targets in global hot spots, a previously undisclosed expansion in the privatization of once-exclusively military functions.
Critics, including some military lawyers, contend that civilians are now part of what the Air Force calls the "kill chain," a process that starts with surveillance and ends with a missile launch. That could violate laws barring civilians from taking part in armed conflict.
RE: Air Force hires civilian drone pilots for combat patrols - dmcowen674 - 11-29-2015
Remote combat is here to stay, they'll have to deal with it.