Right aircraft, wrong century

When the Rafale first flew in 1986 at the height of the second Cold War, pilots were an integral part of any aircraft while “drone” was a mere descriptive for a self-opinionated windbag who did not know when to stop talking. Today, the term “drone” conjures up images of state-of-the-art, unmanned aircraft being operated by “pilots” from the comfort of a base thousands of kilometres away from the battlefield and strikes terror even among the most battle-hardened veterans.

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