Hrm... odd kind of article from a place called "The Aviatonist" I mean it is interesting but RC controlled UAVs have been around since the 70's, with prototypes going back to the 40's.
Only on February 26, 1973, during testimony before the
United States House Committee on Appropriations, the
U.S. military officially confirmed that they had been
utilizing UAVs in Southeast Asia (Vietnam).[13] Over
5,000 U.S. airmen had been killed and over 1,000 more
were either missing in action (MIA) or captured
(prisoners of war/POW). The USAF 100th Strategic
Reconnaissance Wing had flown approximately 3,435 UAV
missions during the war[14] at a cost of about 554
UAVs lost to all causes. In the words of USAF