Missions can be pre-programmed, but there "will always be a human monitoring the mission", it added. Great use of it.

Reminds me of Eclipse Phase nano swarms. The video suggests these are less than a meter in length and not yet weaponized (although the nice CG at the end suggests they will be firing off missiles to blow up random buildings in a desert like environment).

Whatever your opinion is it doesn't really matter, the US government will continue in this direction because it is expedient.