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"Robot boots 30,000 feet above the ground" doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

I guess those Russian drones in Ukraine aren’t military combatants then?

Well the Russian drones are munitions, so that's not comparable. Is the UK dropping bombs on Gaza? I have seen zero reporting to say they have.

The UK might be flying spy planes outside it's airspace when it's citizens were kidnapped. That's not a "combatant". Was the UK a combatant when flying spy planes near the Ukraine border?

I think you are way off the mark based on reporting, I'm not even sure how you are coming to these stated opinions.

No, they're not dropping munitions, they're simply coordinating with the Israeli military to facilitate the dropping of munitions, doing everything possible save putting boots on the ground (that we know of). So you're right, in that case Britain is more like China in this situation, perfectly blameless.

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