Drones over Iraq?

Question

just wondering, do you think an armada of armed drones survieling the roads in iraq may help us win the war? I was thinking that civilians contracted in the US to fly the drones (while still in the US) would be able to spot and take out insurgents burying bombs in the road thus taking away the insurgents main method of fighting, forcing them to fight gun battles rather than bomb and run tactics resulting in a battle soldiers can fight. Do you thing this might help to turn the tides in our favor? Is it possible? Is it financially feesable? My thought of how it would be done is with Private Security Corporations produce an armada (large enough to watch roads traveled by Allied troops) of these aircraft and the pay civilians in the US to pilot them remotely.

Answer 1

Drones are already on patrol over Iraq, the issue is having enough operators and drones. While aircraft can certainly monitor an area, they can't 'hold' ground, because they have to land somewhere, and refuel. While it would be nice, you have to consider that there are hundreds of thousands of miles of road in Iraq, and we can't watch it all. Also, with an armada, we would quickly eat up any available bandwidth if we're doing a stateside controller scheme. We are trying to expand the use of drones, but there comes a point of money (yes I know we're spending billions), and the release of sensitive technologies to the users, if they're not military.

Answer 2

definite we ought to continually. in truth we ought to continually basically get out of there era. We finished are section interior the conflict there and we do not have any reason behind staying there.we are there to end Iraq from collapsing and from beginning a civil conflict as I have heard this kind of large number of circumstances on television, yet what at circumstances human beings do not realize that when we get out of tere wether that's the following day nex week, next month 3 hundred and sixty 5 days or maybe 2 years from now's that it's going to crumple no preventing that. that's going to take a minimum of for my section an excellent 6 or 7 years to get it to some extent that it received't crumple with the help of itself and through then we are only killing those who do not favor to die for this reason.

Answer 3

This is exactly what the military is doing now. And considering that it would be government funds paying these civilians, it is much less expensive for the US to pay the military to do it. The average soldier make about $25,000 per year as opposed to the civilian contractor who makes three times that much doing the same job.

Answer 4

I don't think its feasible in an area as large as Iraq. Remember we cant even close our own southern border. We already have drones patrolling the main roads in Iraq but the insurgents just adapt their methods again.

Answer 5

Drones would make good targets for the Iraqis

Answer 6

They have to be maintained and fueled for starters. They would crash and do harm to civilians in populated areas. Drones are good and they do use them but you still have to have soldiers...

Answer 7

they do use them in iraq they have since the start of the war and there is even talk of using them in california and other parts of the us to monitor crime

Answer 8

Heaps of drones in Iraq too. Kill them all.

Answer 9

why not, to avoid accidents in some places where iraqi want to attack again and to make people there safe,

Answer 10

dont we already have predators up there? launching missles down at bad dudes? thats what i thought