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Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution
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Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution
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Edition:
First edition.
Physical Description:
353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, photographs ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"The creation of the first weapon in history that can stalk and kill an enemy on the other side of the globe was far more than clever engineering. As Richard Whittle shows in Predator, it was the most profound development in military and aerospace technology since the intercontinental ballistic missile. Once considered fragile toys, drones were long thought to be of limited utility. The Predator itself was resisted at nearly every turn by the military establishment, but a few iconoclasts refused to see this new technology smothered at birth."--
Publication Information:
New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Subject:
Predator (Drone aircraft)
Drone aircraft -- History.
Drone aircraft -- Design and construction.
Aerospace industries -- California, Southern -- History.
Karem, Abraham, 1937-
RQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Drones (Aircraft)
Pilotless aircraft
Remotely piloted aircraft
UAVs (Unmanned aerial vehicles)
Unmanned aerial vehicles
SAILS ISBN:
9780805099645