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Originally Posted by Skybird
I do. For example the platoon commander who wants to get eyes up on that hill peak that cannot be accessed from the ground, but offers a good overview. A Delta sniper getting up some minarett to snipe somebody. A swat-style squad attacking a rat nest of any kind, and placing the flying man as a surprise trump card striking out of a place the enemy considered to be safe.
Infiltration. Communication. Eyes. Laser-marking from elevated else unaccessible positions.
Not direct and immediate combat action and firefighting, of course. You cannot fly AND fire simultanbeosuly. Not yet...?
And then there is James Bond.
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A drone can be used for all of that. No possible loss of life with a drone.
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