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Letter: When did drones solve anything?

Published 8 June 2016

From Sune Fortmeier

Do we want every foreign policy issue to be settled by sending in the drones, asks David Hambling (16 April, p 18). No foreign policy issue has been settled by sending in drones. In the future, as today, they are more likely to raise issues than settle them.

Copenhagen, Denmark

Issue no. 3077 published 11 June 2016

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