Wired for war

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"P.W. Singer, the author of an important new book called Wired for War, told me that, 'We are at a breakpoint in history. The U.S. air force this year will train more unmanned system pilots than fighter and bomber pilots combined. And, as Bill Gates has noted, robotics are now where computers were back in 1980.' "Now you might think that a 'pilot' sitting behind a computer bank in Nevada blowing away people in Afghanistan is less liable to combat stress than a soldier in a unit deployed there, but Singer said the opposite has often proved the case."

…ith the growing number of UAVs, there aren't enough pilots to fly them all, so new operators are no longer required to have flying experience. I heard an interview with "Wired for War"'s author who claimed that controls for some of these systems are modeled after X-box/PlayStation controls, both to capitalize on the ergonomics research done by console makers and to make it easier for young recruits who are already used to operating them.