In the auto industry there is all this talk about driverless cars, but how long has the military been using drones ? things are changing
Aren't military drones flown remotely? as opposed to flying by computer?
Yes, the USAF has "Remotely Piloted Aircraft" - RPA's, not drones.
In fact, the definition of "drone" is an aircraft operating autonomously. In USAF documentation, the MQ-1, RQ-170, etc are referred to RPA's. Drone is just a word that the stupid media has latched onto in ignorance.
Also, RPA's have an atrocious mishap rate in the USAF- many times higher than manned aircraft.
