This video comes to us from a subscriber.  Fascinating!

The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, graduated its first controllers this past spring.  Incredible  stuff.

Three of the weapons and guidance system on the drones are products of Raytheon ….. I can tell you all that our drone technology absolutely scares the crap out of Taliban & Al Qaeda.

This is an interesting little video that should be in the hands of our would-be enemies.

READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE WATCHING THE VIDEO.

For non-pilots, these controllers are in Nevada and are each flying a drone thousands of miles away in the combat zone in Iraq and Afghanistan …

Their left hand is on the throttle controlling the drone’s engine.  Note all the buttons which perform various tasks without removing the hand from the throttle.

The right hand is flying the plane.

Welcome to the new world of modern warfare.

A previous headline:  ‘Missiles fired from Nevada-controlled drone aircraft kill Taliban leader’

Watch how it’s done.  Turn the speakers on and watch in full screen.

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