I was marvelling at how technology has advanced the science of war.  I was reading an article on the Time.com website about how the military uses unmanned aircraft they call “drones” to conduct surveillance and even to conduct missile launching missions.  This is much more than simply launching a missile and hoping that it reaches its destination – this is where people are sitting in a control room somewhere and controlling the flight of the plane – much like one would play a video game.  I find it amazing that we have gotten to that point, where we don’t need pilots inside the planes to fly the planes!