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That bit of hogwash is still flying around? [sigh]

Other than it is one of the most secure methods of information transfer, is just mind-bogglingly hard to hijack, and only until recently the only way to stop said links are via jamming the shit out of them...

Yes but not as capable in that regard, if a pawn of Iran can bring a sat-link driven drone down by its own sat uplink, then have fun with those implications.

Actually, it is surprisingly easier than one would think, given that Irani-backed terrorists managed to do so... by sat uplink no less. I wouldn't be surprised that North Korea (and other countries) has been trying to do just that so they can eliminate the US's drone fleet.

That wholly depends on how things change technologically in the coming decades. It is just as likely that drones replace humans in combat by the end of the 21st as drones without AGIs or their operators being within 300 meters (or, in combat terms from what I've been told, 'practically on its...