As far back as 1986, the agency saw a future of proliferating drones that would be used for ‘attack missions’ by armies and terrorists alike, according to a now-declassified report.
The drone craze has set off a wave of pundit hand-wringing about the global spread of unmanned technology and its consequences.
But a declassified report from the CIA’s analytical arm shows that the agency was predicting a wave of drone proliferation as far back as the mid-1980s, at a time when the iconic Predator drone was only a glint in Langley’s eye.
The 1986 intelligence assessment, “Remotely Piloted Vehicles in the Third World: A New Military Capability,” prepared by the CIA’s Office of Global Issues, shows that the trickle of unmanned technology into the developing world first began decades ago.
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WNU Editor: I first got an inkling of this future from a science fiction film .... Terminator .... where drones are used by Skynet. Science fiction then .... reality today.
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Look on the bright side, there will be less swaggering aviators.
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We'll all be dogfaces/victims slogging through the mud keeping our heads down.
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