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Most Americans are probably unaware, for example, that the US Air Force now trains more UAV operators each year than traditional pilots. […] As I write this, the US aerospace industry has for all practical purposes ceased research and development work on manned aircraft.

Meanwhile, law enforcement agencies around the country eagerly await the moment when they can start operating their own UAVs. The [FAA] is considering rules that will allow police departments to start using them within the next few years (perhaps as early as 2014). Soon, much sooner than you realize, your speeding tickets will be issued electronically to your cell phone from a drone hovering somewhere over the interstate.

Predators and Robots At War - Christian Caryl, The New York Review of Books
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