> <i>"If we ever return to peacetime, will this technology be used against American citizens?"</i><p>The follow-on to this line of thought is: for how long will the operators even reasonably <i>know</i> who they are actually using the technology against? Would a drone pilot from, say, the US gulf coast have any ability to distinguish between North Korea or Northern China? Or Iran and Afghanistan? Or a Taliban compound in Afghanistan and a somewhat-remote domestic compound a la Ruby Ridge?<p>To say nothing of what is possible when augmented reality overlays can turn real-time video feeds into essentially fully-CG interpretations of the battlefield and targets.