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Rolling Stone article on drone warfare - 4/19/2012 8:18:06 PM

TheHeretic

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Rolling Stone has an excellent article on drone warfare. I think it's worth sharing.

The Rise of the Killer Drones: How America Goes to War in Secret
An inside look at how killing by remote control has changed the way we fight.

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By Michael Hastings
April 16, 2012 8:00 AM ET

One day in late November, an unmanned aerial vehicle lifted off from Shindand Air Base in western Afghanistan, heading 75 miles toward the border with Iran. The drone's mission: to spy on Tehran's nuclear program, as well as any insurgent activities the Iranians might be supporting in Afghanistan. With an estimated price tag of $6 million, the drone was the product of more than 15 years of research and development, starting with a shadowy project called DarkStar overseen by Lockheed Martin. The first test flight for DarkStar took place in 1996, but after a crash and other mishaps, Lockheed announced that the program had been canceled. According to military experts, that was just a convenient excuse for "going dark," meaning that DarkStar's further development would take place under a veil of secrecy.

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RE: Rolling Stone article on drone warfare - 4/19/2012 9:12:17 PM

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Oddly enough, Rolling Stone seems to be much closer to practicing real journalism than any other paper IMO.

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RE: Rolling Stone article on drone warfare - 4/19/2012 9:18:55 PM

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Take away their crutch of just spouting obscenities about the President anytime the writing process gets hard, and see what happens.