Vigilant In An Uncertain World :Projectile Vomiting Emoticon:

The United States Department of State Bureau of Diplomatic Security produced a report 'Vigilant In An Uncertain World' last year. Some especially interesting language is found on page 26 in a section entitled "Unmanned Aerial Vehicles." It describes how the "Department of State coordinated with the U.S. Department of Defence and other government agencies to research using Tier 1 (low altitude, long endurance) unmanned aerial vehicles in high-threat locations such as Iraq and Afghanistan. This effort led to a successful test in Iraq in December. DS plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles to support U.S. Embassy Baghdad in 2011. The program will watch over State Department facilities and personnel and assist Regional Security Officers with high-threat mission planning and execution." The "unmanned aerial vehicles" to which the document refers are popularly known as "drones" and have already proved their usefulness in killing, among others, numerous collateral victims. Farmers, villagers, women, children and the odd militant.