Predator Drones
Summary
The US Air Force’s Predator system – its unmanned reconnaissance and strike plane - hunts enemies covertly from the sky, attacks on commands received by satellite, collects reconnaissance for ground troops with remote sensing, and removes enemy leadership with precise geographic target information.
All this with revolutionary advances in geospatial technology, and a $3.8 million price tag. A Predator system is comprised of four aircrafts, a satellite link, and a ground control station. The control station sends its signal to the satellite, and the satellite sends the information to the Predator aircraft. The signals take only 2 seconds to arrive at the Predator.
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZHILC3vdKI
Keywords: predator drones, remote airplane, airforce, geospatial spies, war
