sksvlad
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A geopolitical/military drama of drone warfare http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2057392/. The last screen appearance by Alan Rickman (1946-2016). A must for drone aficionados. Shows a US drone pilot refusing a direct order to fire a missile by a colonel (don't know how accurate that is in real life).
P.S. This movie reminded me of something from WWII. One of my distant relatives was clever enough to leave the nascent Soviet Union in 1920's and move to Belgium. When British landed, they employed him as a translator with advancing troops because he could speak French, Russian, English and German. One day an order arrived to advance against Germans. But the field kitchen was late for some reason. So the British soldiers refused to go into battle until they got fed. Eventually breakfast arrived, they ate and proceeded as ordered. This story, told many times in Moscow, made everybody laugh because in the Soviet Army that would lead to an entire unit execution (without breakfast).
P.S. This movie reminded me of something from WWII. One of my distant relatives was clever enough to leave the nascent Soviet Union in 1920's and move to Belgium. When British landed, they employed him as a translator with advancing troops because he could speak French, Russian, English and German. One day an order arrived to advance against Germans. But the field kitchen was late for some reason. So the British soldiers refused to go into battle until they got fed. Eventually breakfast arrived, they ate and proceeded as ordered. This story, told many times in Moscow, made everybody laugh because in the Soviet Army that would lead to an entire unit execution (without breakfast).
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