Cyber Wars

clipped from www.mod.uk Reaper takes to the air in Afghanistan The Reaper capability is still being developed. Training will continue alongside operational missions and there will be a steady build up to a full UK capability. The Reaper UAV is currently unarmed. It is capable of being armed and the MOD is investigating arming options.

Better late than never.
With typical MoD efficiency, Britain has purchased a US weapons system with no idea of how it will work.
Instead of letting all the Regiments play with this toy and coming up with ideas, the brains at the MoD will pontificate, deliberate and ruminate over their latest innovation. All the time soldiers in the line will die through poor intelligence.
Have they not heard of the RLI, 22 Sq. SAS, the Selous Scouts, the RAR. These regiments worked without the aid of these modern miracle machines and confronted an enemy vastly more numerous than themselves.
It's called soldiering.
For those who do not know, the aim - objective - of a soldier is to destroy the enemy - physically, morally, intellectually.
Whilst Nato uses the Fighter Bomber to destroy supposed strongpoints in Afghan villages, their score is currently none out of three of their main objectives.