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(Credit: U.S. Air Force)It's arguably the biggest technology success for the Pentagon during the Iraq War era: the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance and reconnaissance missions. But could that very success could prove the undoing of the UAV corps?
The U.S. Army wants more of the aerial drones patrolling the skies, and it has the backing of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who has ordered the Air Force to dramatically boost the number of Predator aircraft on the front lines (at the moment, there are 22). The Air Force in turn is pushing back, arguing that the scramble could put a severe strain on Predator teams--even up to the point where they break down completely.
To read more about the UAV mission and the interservice bickering between the Army and the Air Force, see this story in the Los Angeles Times: "Pentagon battle breaks out over a spy plane.
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Also, this is just the worst statement he could have ever made: Comparing an extended tour of duty in Nevada to "a prisoner with a finite term versus a prisoner with a life sentence."
How does he think the soldier actually in the war feel? What about all the veterans from previous wars?
Maybe he thinks his pilot will get fat like the Southpark kids during the episode when all they did was play computer games 24x7.
Yes, even these pilots have made a big commitment to the country and I'm very thankful of it.
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