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RAF shoots down 'terrorist drone' over US-owned special ops base in Syria

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Re: A winning strategy?

Caveat: Obviously placing a price on a human life is tricky in many ways, but let's ignore that and do it anyway.

So, according to the UK's HSE, a workplace accident resulting in death costs on average £1.7M. If if we say that a squaddie on deployment being killed by a drone is a 'workplace accident', then expending a £200,000 missile to prevent it makes financial sense.

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