Using drones: principles, tactics and results (amended title)

[davidbfpo]

..a look at U.S. actions in the past makes it possible to reverse-engineer a rough decision tree for certain types of suspects.

Link:http://www.theatlantic.com/misc/disposition-matrix/

[jmm99]

If the answer to their question #10 ("Is US capture plausible?") is negative, then we proceed to either a personality strike or a signature strike as hypothesized here, One Strike You're Out ??

Regards

Mike

[Fuchs]

Link:http://www.theatlantic.com/misc/disposition-matrix/

Wasn't there some propaganda-only guy killed in Yemen a year or so ago?
That case would not fit into this scheme at all.

[omarali50]

btw, re the latest high profile victim, Mulla Nazir: http://www.brownpundits.com/2013/01/...-nazir-speaks/

[jmm99]

(wiki), perhaps - who picked the wrong traveling companion at the wrong time ?

As to "propaganda-only", the burden of proving that assertion lies on its proponent. But, one must admit that concept is immaterial here because no trier of facts is authorized to decide whether the burden is met or not. Thus, discussion is usually a waste of time.

Regards

Mike

[davidbfpo]

A BBC report, with a photo:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21313323

The Norwegian-designed Black Hornet Nano features a tiny camera and relays video and still images to a handheld control terminal. It measures about 10cm by 2.5cm (4in by 1in) and weighs 16g (0.6oz). ....Powered by battery, the Black Hornet is reported to have a range of about half a mile (800m), a top speed of 22mph (35kph) and can fly for up to 30 minutes.