[dan1123]

I'd hate to see these capabilities turned against American citizens

The drones tend to work best in a situation of high-tech vs. low tech combat. I'm sure some advanced missiles could take down a squadron of drones if used against us.

[robomatik]

"advanced missiles"

are those available at the local 7-11 these days? :)

[Blood of Tyrants]

The drones are good in an area where we have absolute air superiority. They wouldn’t live a minute in an area protected by effective AA missiles.

I saw an interesting show on the History Channel Saturday. It was about future air combat. The Predators would be used as decoys for the real bombers to come in and destroy the AA sites. However, it seems to me that the Predator itself could be used as an expendable platform to launch HARM (High-speed Anti Radiation) missiles as soon as the AA radar sites came on line. Expendable because, as the AF pilot said, a Predator doesn’t have a mother or wife or kids.

[GATOR NAVY]

Correct me if I’m wrong but I think Joe means this technology used against us by our government.

[PapaBear3625]

The drones tend to work best in a situation of high-tech vs. low tech combat. I'm sure some advanced missiles could take down a squadron of drones if used against us.

Predators are slow, propeller-driven planes. They cannot survive where we do not have complete control of the air. They would be toast against even a MiG-21.