Borne the Battle #266: Air Force Veteran Mark Cooter and Army Veteran Alec Bierbauer, Origins of CIA/U.S. Air Force Drone Warfare

SSgt Tanner Iskra — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:34:12 -0500

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Synopsis: This week's episode of Borne the Battle explores the history of drone warfare, which dates back to the 1990s, when drones were used as relatively simple, short-range surveillance tools. Here, Cooter and Bierbauer discuss how their team located bin Laden a full year before the events of 9/11 (and why they couldn’t take action against him), how weapons were first added to drones, and the ways in which drone technology has evolved over the last 20 years. They also talk about the psychological stress endured by today’s drone operators and caution against minimizing the combat trauma faced by pilots and support crews.

Borne the Battle Ep. 266: "Wright Brothers" of the US Drone Warfare Program

With over two decades of experience, Mark Cooter and Alec Bierbauer have been called the “Wright Brothers” of the U.S. drone warfare program. They were the o...