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because they still have the capacity to hit targets from the air. the us relies increasingly on drones. across the road, the neighbours are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. parisa said, there was an explosion, i picked up brain and human flesh from the ground. america s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kabul. let s speak to mikey kay, a former senior raf officer and ex adviser to the ministry of defence here in the uk. he did two tours in afghanistan and has a masters in war studies. how do you think the americans made such a big mistake? i how do you think the americans made such a big mistake? i used to be part made such a big mistake? i used to be part of made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the kill made such a big mistake? i used to be part of the kill chain, - to be part of the kill chain,
mikey kay, a former senior raf officer who served in afghanistan. i asked him how he thought the americans made such a deadly mistake. i used to be part of the kill chain, military parlance for the precision air strike process. and that process takes a lot of time, energy and resource into figuring out collateral damage estimates, understanding what weapon selection will be required, looking at all of the intelligence that leads up to what is called the pid, the positive identification of the target, image intelligence from a drone which is doing pol, pattern of life, it s listening to communications such as cell phones, and the really important one, one of the majorfactors in this erroneous drone strike, is the human intelligence component.
are still traumatised by what they heard and saw. translation: parisa said there was an explosion. i i picked up brain and human flesh from the ground. america s latest deadly blunder shows how dangerous its drone strategy can be for civilians. i ve been speaking to mikey kay, a former senior raf officer who served in afghanistan. i asked him how he thought the americans made such a deadly mistake. i used to be a part of the kill chain which is military parlance for the position airstrikes process and the precision airstrikes process takes a lot of energy and resource into figuring out collateral damage estimate