Category: News
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Ex-drone operator suffers from mental distress over 1,626 deaths
A former operator of unmanned aerial vehicles in the US Air Force says he is haunted by more than 1,600 deaths as a result of assassination drone strikes that he took part in. In a recent exclusive interview with NBC News, Brandon Bryant said that he served as a drone sensor operator for five years,…
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Drone Operator: The Recruiter Used A ‘James Bond’ Reference In His Pitch
His kill count makes that of legendary SEAL sniper Chris Kyle seem tame by comparison. Kyle killed upwards of 160 insurgents with his rifle. Drone Operator Brandon Bryant, on the other hand, was involved in the “targeted killing” of at least 1626 people. “I would have been happy if they never even showed me (the…