I imagine that's a complicated question. Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people?
Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people?
I'm not sure. I could see it going both ways: de-humanised killers unleashed, or a lack of fight-or-flight prompted panics. Absent information on that, though, non-lethal is better than lethal.
I'm not sure that's the best comparison. Regular pilots are even somewhat detached from the effect of their weapons. It's hard to compare directly to handling a gun.
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I imagine that's a complicated question. Do people remotely controlling weapons naturally make the same kind of decisions as those looking right at people?
I'm not sure. I could see it going both ways: de-humanised killers unleashed, or a lack of fight-or-flight prompted panics. Absent information on that, though, non-lethal is better than lethal.
non-lethal is still lethal.
There are plenty of US military drone operators that can answer that.
I'm not sure that's the best comparison. Regular pilots are even somewhat detached from the effect of their weapons. It's hard to compare directly to handling a gun.