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Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution / Richard Whittle.

by Whittle, Richard.

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Henry Holt and Company, 2014.

Karem, Abraham, 1937-

Predator (Drone aircraft)

Drone aircraft -- United States -- History.

Drone aircraft -- United States -- Design and construction.

Aerospace industries -- California, Southern -- History.

9780805099645 (hc.)

0805099646 (hc.)

Alternate title:

Secret origins of the drone revolution

353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-336) and index.

"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 -- it was the most profound development in military and aerospace technology since the intercontinental ballistic missile. Once considered fragile toys of limited utility, the development of military drones was resisted at nearly every turn by the military establishment. The remarkable cast of characters responsible for developing the Predator includes a former Israeli inventor who turned his Los Angeles garage into a drone laboratory, two billionaire brothers marketing a futuristic weapon that would combat Communism, a pair of fighter pilots willing to buck their white-scarf fraternity, a cunning Pentagon operator nicknamed "Snake," and a secretive Air Force organization known as Big Safari. When an Air Force team unleashed the first lethal drone strikes in 2001 for the CIA, the military's view of drones changed nearly overnight. A dramatic account of the creation of a revolutionary weapon that forever changed the way we wage war"--Provided by publisher.

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