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Drone pilot: 'You're not thinking about taking a life'
The legal case for using drone strikes outside of armed conflict needs "urgent clarification" from ministers, a cross-party parliamentary committee has said.
Today programme reporter Sima Kotecha spoke to a man – who asked to remain anonymous - who controlled drones in Afghanistan.
“During your first couple of times you do think about killing someone. But after that you want to get it right so you don't think about that,” he told her.
(Image: Drone heads-up display Credit: Getty Images)
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