The report, The UK Approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems drawn up by the MoD's Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC), adds: "It is essential that before unmanned systems become ubiquitous (if it is not already too late) … we ensure that, by removing some of the horror, or at least keeping it at a distance, we do not risk losing our controlling humanity and make war more likely".
The US-manufactured General Atomics Reaper is at the moment the RAF's only armed unmanned aircraft. It can fly for more than 18 hours, has a range of 3,600 miles, and can operate at up to 15,000 metres (50,000ft). The Reapers, armed with Paveway bombs and four Hellfire missiles, are operated by RAF personnel based at Creech in Nevada. They are controlled by satellite datalink.
By 2030, almost a third of the RAF could be made up of remotely controlled planes, which by then will be operated from a base in East Anglia. MORE HERE
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