Drone strikes against terrorists are extremely effective and will
remain an “indispensable” weapon in the war against terrorists for the
foreseeable future, according to the Pentagon’s senior intelligence
policymaker.
Michael G. Vickers, under secretary of defense for intelligence, said
unmanned missile-firing aircraft, along with intelligence collectors
and targeters, are key elements in the U.S. counterterrorism strategy
and operations and will remain a top priority for the next 12 years.
“I would like to assure you that we use this instrument extremely
judiciously,” Vickers said in remarks at the Reagan National Defense
Forum in California on Saturday.
“But it has been our most effective instrument broadly in this counterterrorism campaign that we’ve found ourselves in.”
Drone attacks have been “the most precise campaign in the history of warfare,” he said.
“And we do everything we can to minimize the noncombatant deaths and we do an extraordinary job,” Vickers said.
The public comments were rare public disclosure by a senior official
about the covert operations against terrorists that remain one of the
Pentagon’s most closely guarded secrets.
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