Can technology be a force for good even in something as evil as war?
Yes, says one school of thought. Today's weapons may be more lethal than ever, but it's thanks partly to their lethality and accuracy that advanced nations no longer send young men to kill each other by the tens of thousands.
However, drones' supposedly scalpel-like precision is a myth, Ali M. Latifi reports from Afghanistan: civilian casualties keep mounting.
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