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Moore's law says that computer tech doubles in power every two and a half years. In ten years drone technology will seem literally like science fiction realized.

Your kidding yourself. Computing power has only a little to do with drone technology. We have had drone technology for more than 60 years and honestly it has not progressed all that much. The only thing that has changed drastically recently is the public preception of it.

So you say that computer technology has little to do with drones and that drones have not changed much in 60 years.

OK, so I did a search and understand that drones have been used since 1945. But, the most recent versions are significant improvements.

Advances in computer integrated communication is exactly what permits pilots to attack the enemy remotely using drones — and we didn’t have these computers and supporting networks even 20 years ago.

Now drones are widely used in current war zones. They can take out individual terrorists in a jeep. Why use fighters when drones can do the job?

Where am I wrong I wonder?

See this 2008 article from Military.com: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0%2C13319%2C159220%2C00.html

We have had drone technology for more than 60 years ....

The Seventh Fleet was using Ryan Firebee "Bumpy Mothers" to deliver pairs of 500-lb love letters to North Vietnamese AA artillerists 40-plus years ago.