[wkat4242]

I don't think this kind of thing is bad anyway. First of all it was a simulation. This is why we test things, to find errors and fix them. I mean, if you build an automated thing meant to kill people then a lot of failure scenarios are going to involve killing the wrong people. It's just the nature of the game.

And the drone operator is at least a military target :) only the IFF logic needs some work. It'd be worse if the thing went all skynet and started killing all the (virtual) civilians it could find.

(Now having a mental image of a bunch of generals slowly backing away from a computer screen and looking to find the power plug to pull lol)

But this retraction sounds very political to me. The way politicians suddenly 'misspoke' after they get caught out on a lie.