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Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution, Richard Whittle
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- 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. 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. Based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews, Predator is a dramatic account of the creation of a revolutionary weapon that forever changed the way we wage war
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 353 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Contents
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- The genius of the genesis
- The blues
- A straw hat in winter
- Predator reborn
- Predator's progress
- WILD predator
- The summer project
- The next logical step
- Hellfire and hesitation
- Ready or not
- Wildfire
- Cleared to fire
- Never mind-- we'll do it ourselves
- Isbn
- 9780805099645
- Label
- Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution
- Title
- Predator
- Title remainder
- the secret origins of the drone revolution
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Whittle
- Title variation
- Secret origins of the drone revolution
- Subject
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- Aerospace industries -- California, Southern -- History
- trueAerospace industry and trade
- trueDrone aircraft
- Drone aircraft -- United States -- Design and construction
- Drone aircraft -- United States -- History
- Karem, Abraham, 1937-
- trueMilitary aircraft
- Military art and science -- Technological innovations
- trueRemotely piloted vehicles
- trueUninhabited combat aerial vehicles
- Language
- eng
- 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. 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. Based on five years of research and hundreds of interviews, Predator is a dramatic account of the creation of a revolutionary weapon that forever changed the way we wage war
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- 10356311
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Whittle, Richard
- Dewey number
- 623.74/69
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Karem, Abraham
- Drone aircraft
- Drone aircraft
- Military art and science
- Aerospace industries
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- the secret origins of the drone revolution
- Label
- Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution, Richard Whittle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-336) and index
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- Contents
- The genius of the genesis -- The blues -- A straw hat in winter -- Predator reborn -- Predator's progress -- WILD predator -- The summer project -- The next logical step -- Hellfire and hesitation -- Ready or not -- Wildfire -- Cleared to fire -- Never mind-- we'll do it ourselves
- Control code
- ocn869438014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 353 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780805099645
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014014070
- Media category
- unmediated
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- rdamedia
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- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869438014
- Label
- Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution, Richard Whittle
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-336) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Contents
- The genius of the genesis -- The blues -- A straw hat in winter -- Predator reborn -- Predator's progress -- WILD predator -- The summer project -- The next logical step -- Hellfire and hesitation -- Ready or not -- Wildfire -- Cleared to fire -- Never mind-- we'll do it ourselves
- Control code
- ocn869438014
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 353 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates
- Isbn
- 9780805099645
- Isbn Type
- (Hardcover)
- Lccn
- 2014014070
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)869438014
Subject
- Aerospace industries -- California, Southern -- History
- trueAerospace industry and trade
- trueDrone aircraft
- Drone aircraft -- United States -- Design and construction
- Drone aircraft -- United States -- History
- Karem, Abraham, 1937-
- trueMilitary aircraft
- Military art and science -- Technological innovations
- trueRemotely piloted vehicles
- trueUninhabited combat aerial vehicles
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