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planetaryprotection@midwest.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Thousands of military drones have been remotely piloted for decades. This news isn’t as ground breaking as it might seem. Some of these drones are large: …wikipedia.org/…/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Haw…

I know a military drone isn’t the same as a passenger carrying airplane, but for cargo I think the only reason this isn’t already a thing is because drones are military tech and most governments don’t want that falling into the wrong hands.

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Crashumbc@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
My first thought was it’s already bringing some with drones.

I’d be curious, what the military’s loss rate is to non-combat issues.

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