


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. Once considered fragile toys, drones were long thought to be of limited utility.

As Richard Whittle shows in Predator, it was the most profound development in military and aerospace technology since the intercontinental ballistic missile. "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. Predator : the secret origins of the drone revolution / Richard Whittle.ģ53 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations 25 cmĭrone aircraft - United States - History.ĭrone aircraft - United States - Design and construction.Īerospace industries - California, Southern - History.ĭrone aircraft - Design and construction.
