Drones 1, McKiernan 0: The Limits of Robot Warfare
The U.S. military budget has started to tilt toward sustainability, and in part that means putting more focus on leaner, lighter aircraft, namely drones. But as the abrupt firing of Afghanistan commander General Kiernan shows, sometimes sustainable technology is only as good as its user. So, how much did the use of drones - which we’ll classify as robots, for our purposes - have to do with the end of a military career?
