Military Refines A 'Constant Stare Against Our Enemy'

Bombs are offloaded from a Reaper. Drone data will provide "the option to arrest the individual, talk ... [or] take them out with a Hellfire missile," a military official says. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

From The L.A. Times:

The rapidly increasing surveillance power of unmanned aircraft gives U.S. officials an option besides troops.

Reporting from Washington - The Pentagon plans to dramatically increase the surveillance capabilities of its most advanced unmanned aircraft next year, adding so many video feeds that a drone which now stares down at a single house or vehicle could keep constant watch on nearly everything that moves within an area of 1.5 square miles.

The year after that, the capability will double to 3 square miles.

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My Comment: Surveillance and the fire power to back it up is the game changer on the battlefield. The US military understands this .... hence the race to develop better UAV vehicles to rush them to war zones like Afghanistan.