The officer said he would 'play God' by firing missiles at ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria from specialist cockpits 2,000 miles away at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire (file picture from 2017)
* The officer said he would 'play God' by firing missiles from RAF Waddington
* The vivid detail of the bloody aftermath captured by high-definition cameras
* The military man, 43, believes some of the deaths were 'morally questionable'
A former Reaper drone pilot has opened up about his lasting psychological scarring after years of watching people be blown up in vivid detail.
The officer said he would 'play God' by firing missiles at ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria from specialist cockpits 2,200 miles away at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire.
But the high-definition cameras that captured the bloody aftermath meant it was like he was only a matter of metres away - and still haunts him.
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WNU Editor: He does have a point ....
.... In an interview with The Times he said: 'When you are killing the enemy you see it in so much detail because you are watching them, sometimes for hours or even days on end, then lingering afterwards, watching the impact of what you have just done.
'Your brain can't tell the difference between 3,000 miles and 3ft.'
