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	RQ-1 Predator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The RQ-1 Predator is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) which the U.S. Air Force describes as a "medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle system." The aircraft can carry, and use, two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles.
		The related RQ-1 Mariner is an adaptation of the Predator for the U.S. Navy.
		The Predator system was designed in response to a United States Department of Defense requirement to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to the warfighter.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/RQ-1_Predator (877 words)

	Predator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The difference between a predator and a parasite is that for a predator killing the prey is necessary for consuming it, but for parasites it is not even desirable because a parasite lives on or in its host.
		Some might consider herbivore s to be predators as well, but this is arguable as most herbivores only consume parts of their food species, leaving the remainder alive.
		CNN.com - Predator a lethal eye in the sky The Predator drone was designed to gather intelligence on enemy forces without putting U.S. pilots at risk, but it is being used more often as an offensive weapon.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Predator.html (504 words)

	drone on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Small, relatively inexpensive military drones are used as targets in combat practice, while high-performance models may be used in hazardous reconnaissance missions and to carry and launch missiles against enemy targets without exposing pilots and their far more expensive aircraft to antiaircraft fire.
		The Case of the 'Deadly' Drone; An unmanned aircraft with a 25-foot wingspan is at the center of a US/UN weapons controversy.(WORLD)
		Drone, avion sans pilote, présenté lors du salon des industries de l'armement terrestre Eurosatory 2000 Après avoir envahi.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/d1/drone.asp (949 words)

	Army Technology - Predator - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
		Predators are currently in production for the US Air Force and are operational with the USAF 11th and 15th Reconnaissance Squadrons.
		Predator UAVs have been operational in Bosnia since 1995, where they have flown over 600 missions in support of NATO, UN and US operations.
		In November 2002 in the Yemen, a Predator UAV was used to drop a Hellfire missile which destroyed a civilian vehicle carrying suspected terrorists.
	www.army-technology.com /projects/predator (1276 words)

	Factsheets : MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle : MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The MQ-1 Predator is a medium-altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft.
		The basic crew for the Predator is one pilot and two sensor operators.
		The Predator system was designed in response to a Department of Defense requirement to provide persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information to the warfighter.
	www.af.mil /factsheets/factsheet.asp?fsID=122 (709 words)

	Current Capabilities
		ISR drones such as the Predator and Global Hawk can loiter high aloft an area of interest, collecting electro-optical (EO), infrared, and radar images.
		The RQ-1 "Predator" Drone is the most capable UAV currently operational.
		Predator drones have seen extensive use in Iraq and Afghanistan.
	www.emory.edu /BUSINESS/et/552fall2004/Unmannedaircraft/current_capabilities.htm (635 words)

	SuperWad Takes On Predator (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The loss is the latest in a string of military embarrassments for the U.S., a nation of bankrupt imbeciles whose economic model is built on fast food that is unhealthy for humans and ephemeral services that are destructive to the environment.
		The Predator drone was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission, Chief of Joint Stiffy Chairman Gen. Michael Myers told a Pentagon news conference jammed with giggling journalists.
		Predator reconnaissance drones are flying over the country looking for signs of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction because human pilots have proven less likely to fabricate the evidence demanded by the Bush Administration.
	www.zmag.org /interactive/content/display_item.cfm?itemID=4275 (453 words)

	RQ-1 Predator Medium Altitude Endurance (MAE) UAV
		The Predator system is composed of three parts: the air vehicle [a derivative of the Gnat 750] with its associated sensors and communications equipment, the ground control station (GCS), and the product or data dissemination system.
		The success of the Predator during this exercise played a substantial role in the decision to deploy it to the European theater in the summer of 1995.
		RQ-1 Predator accident report released (AFPN) 23 Dec 1999 -- Officials investigating the April 18 crash of an RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle near Tuzla Air Base, Bosnia, have determined the accident resulted from a combination of mechanical and human factors.
	www.fas.org /irp/program/collect/predator.htm (1569 words)

	U.S. ain't having a lot of luck with drones (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The drone shot from the sky Monday was hit by an Iraqi aircraft over the Persian Gulf country's southern "no-fly zone," which U.S. warplanes have patrolled for more than a decade.
		Also hampering the Predator's effectiveness are the poor quality of the video images it transmits, its inability to recognize potential targets at night, and the heavy preventive maintenance it requires.
		While Thompson says unmanned drones have an important role to play in long-endurance surveillances missions, he is unconvinced that planes without pilots can surpass or even replicate the extraordinary analytical ability the human brain can demonstrate in combat situations, where split-second reflexes and judgments are required.
	www.capitolhillblue.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi?archive=12&num=1369&printer=1 (916 words)

	Augusta Georgia: Conflict With Iraq:Iraq shoots down U.S. unmanned drone 01/25/03
		The Predator drone was conducting a reconnaissance mission, a senior official with U.S. Central Command said.
		The Predator drone was conducting a reconnaissance mission, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Richard Myers told a Pentagon news conference.
		Predator reconnaissance drones are flying over the country looking for signs of Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction programs.
	chronicle.augusta.com /stories/012503/ira_drone.shtml (457 words)

	JS Online: Predator Drone Hits Iraq Gun Emplacement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The strike Friday used a Hellfire missile fired from a Predator drone to hit the artillery gun outside the Iraqi town of Amarah, which is on the Tigris River north of Basra.
		Predators armed with Hellfire missiles were first used by the CIA in Afghanistan, where they were credited with airstrikes that killed al-Qaida members including Mohammed Atef, the terror network's military chief.
		A Predator strike in Yemen in November killed another top al-Qaida operative, and the military used Predators frequently to patrol the no-fly zone over southern Iraq before the war started.
	www.jsonline.com /news/intl/ap/mar03/ap-war-predator032303.asp?format=print (183 words)

	CNN.com - Iraq says it shot down U.S. drone - Dec. 23, 2002
		The Iraqi News Agency quoted a defense spokesman, who said the drone was fired on by a ground-based anti-aircraft installation and Iraqi planes.
		Officials said the drone was performing a reconnaissance mission when it disappeared from radar.
		The drone operates at an altitude as high as 26,000 feet, has a range of 400 nautical miles and can stay aloft 24 hours.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/12/23/sproject.irq.drone.down (244 words)

	Predator Drone's Inaccurate Missles Kill Civilians, Not Terrorists : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Such an inauspicious beginning was soon followed by another Predator crash on November 2, 2001 in Afghanistan, two more crashes during the week of January 21, 2002, and another crash on May 17, 2002 in the hills near the U.S. air base in Jacobabad, Pakistan.
		On October 26,, 2001, the CIA sent a missile-armed Predator drone from Pakistan to protect Afghan opposition leader Abdul Haq, who at the time was being tracked by the Taliban.
		On February 4, 2002, a Predator drone fired a Hellfire missile at 'three tall men' believed to be Al Qaeda members because they were clothed in long robes.
	sf.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=1559871 (1480 words)

	portland imc - 2002.12.14 - Predator drone planes coming to the Homeland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Predator pilotless drone planes that we have read and seen in the corporate, mainstream press over the past year in the middle east, will be coming to the homeland for a visit.
		The drones would be similar to those used in high-profile missions by the CIA and U.S. military to target suspected Taliban and al Qaeda operatives in Afghanistan.
		Drones, which are controlled remotely on the ground, can hover over an area for hours, sometimes days, to provide accurate and timely information.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2002/12/37897.shtml (1239 words)

	A New Breed of Predator
		LAST WEEKEND'S attack by an unmanned RQ-1A Predator drone on a group of six al Qaeda terrorists was the first known strike by an unmanned aerial vehicle outside Afghanistan.
		CIA Predator pilots reportedly used the drone in Afghanistan to destroy a vehicle suspected of carrying Mullah Mohammed Omar and to kill a group of men, one of which they thought was Osama bin Laden.
		When the new UCAVs come into service, the drones could be pre-programmed for their strikes rather than flown remotely by a pilot in a trailer and strikes will be launched with one controller overseeing the operations of several drones at once.
	www.weeklystandard.com /Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/879qsnjq.asp (653 words)

	The Problem With The Predator
		But in spite of the recent highly-publicized success of a Predator drone in blowing up a carload of alleged Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen, the system described by the Pentagon as "its eyes in the sky" has for the most part proven to be unreliable and laughably inaccurate.
		Predator imagery was used to call in F/A-18 jets, which bombed the building, reportedly killing a senior lieutenant of bin Laden, the Egyptian Mohammed Atef as well as others.
		By mid-February, U.S. critics were arguing that the Predator, at a cost of $4 million each, and a Predator unit which includes four planes and a ground control unit costing $25 million each, was not worth the price.
	www.dissidentvoice.org /Articles/Herold_Predator.htm (2106 words)

	Iraqis Down Reconnaissance Drone
		An Air Force Predator drone was shot down over southern Iraq yesterday in the first successful Iraqi air-to-air attack since the Persian Gulf War.
		Defense officials said that the Kuwait-based Predator was transmitting live pictures when it was fired on, and that several rounds missed before the drone's signal stopped.
		A statement from the Baghdad government said the drone had breached Iraqi airspace while on a spying mission, but it was unclear whether the statement was charging that the Predator was flying north of the no-fly limit.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /news/2002/ldec/24_plane.html (856 words)

	CNN.com - Predator hits Iraqi missile support van - Dec. 30, 2002
		The Friday strike demonstrated how the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle, once used only for surveillance, is now being used increasingly as an offensive weapon equipped with air-to-ground and sometimes air-to-air missiles, sources said.
		In Friday's Predator attack, sources said the communications van was tracked by the drone near Al Kut, approximately 95 miles southeast of Baghdad, before the Hellfire missile destroyed it.
		Last month, a Hellfire missile fired by a Predator controlled by the Central Intelligence Agency killed six al Qaeda suspects in Yemen; one of those killed was an al Qaeda chief wanted in connection with the bombing of the USS Cole.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/meast/12/30/sproject.irq.predator.iraq (391 words)

	CNN.com - Predator a lethal eye in the sky - Nov. 5, 2002
		The Predator drone was designed to gather intelligence on enemy forces without putting U.S. pilots at risk, but it's also found a role as a deadly offensive weapon in America's war on terrorism.
		The drones have been used against al Qaeda and Taliban targets in Afghanistan -- including a February 4 strike that was believed to have killed a number of senior al Qaeda leaders in Zawar Kili.
		In October 2001, before U.S. troops entered Afghanistan, a Predator was used to try to protect Afghan opposition leader Abdul Haq before he was captured by the Taliban.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/11/04/predator.background (317 words)

	BBC NEWS \| In Depth \| US drones take combat role
		The chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Richard Myers, said the advantage of using Predator drones in combat was that they could remain in the air for long periods and then respond immediately if they spot hostile targets.
		The adapted drones were used in Afghanistan and now in Iraq and, it is presumed, in the attack against al-Qaeda suspects in Yemen.
		The US used drones in the Balkans in 1999 and lost at least one of them due either to hostile fire or control problems resulting from a build up of ice on their wings.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/in_depth/2404425.stm (664 words)

	MQ-1B Armed Predator UAV
		The MQ-1B Armed Predator is a variant of the RQ-1 Predator modified to be able to accomplish a ground attack role as well as reconnaissance.
		The Air Force’s predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle made aerospace history 21 February 2001 as it successfully launched a live Hellfire missile helping it evolve from a non-lethal, reconnaissance asset to an armed, highly accurate tank killer.
		The deaths in Yemen of six suspected al-Qaida terrorists, including a key planner in the bloody attack on a American destroyer two years ago, were the work of a missile fired by a unmanned US aircraft.
	www.globalsecurity.org /intell/systems/armed-predator.htm (524 words)

	Defense Tech
		U.S. The U.S. military says that Iraqi claims of shooting down a Predator drone are all wet.
		Similar to the Marines' Dragon Eye drone, these are small, bungee cord-launched craft that can stay aloft for an hour or so, circling a target at 300 to 500 feet.
		Predator drones are the high-tech darlings of the new war.
	defensetech.blogspot.com /2003_01_19_defensetech_archive.html (2247 words)

	The Case of the 'Deadly' Drone \| csmonitor.com
		US Secretary of State Colin Powell has said that this drone "should be of concern to everybody," and American officials have sought to portray the issue as one of a series of Iraqi disarmament missteps.
		The remotely piloted drone - with "God is Great" written in Arabic along the fuselage and on each wing, with a red permanent marker - has a wingspan of nearly 25 feet (a little more than half the wingspan of the US Predator drone).
		A blue drone at the fair had a single propeller and an Iraqi flag painted on the tail.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/0313/p06s01-woiq.html (894 words)

	Dull Drone - Why unmanned U.S. aerial vehicles are a hazard to Afghan civilians. By Eric Umansky
		Last month an armed Predator drone spotted what appeared to be a number of senior al-Qaida leaders.
		An agent somewhere in the region, viewing a live feed from the Predator's belly-mounted camera, thought the men were wearing Arab—not Afghan—garb, and that the leader was tall.
		The Predator's infrared camera could detect targets, but could classify [between wheeled versus tracked targets] only 21 percent of the time and recognize [the model of tank, i.e., Russian versus American] only 5 percent of the time.
	www.slate.com /?id=2063105&device= (924 words)

	Predator to See More Combat (washingtonpost.com)
		The Predator B will be armed with as many as 3,000 pounds of precision-guided bombs or missiles and carry sensors that will allow it to automatically find, track and hit moving targets on the ground.
		Powered by a new turboprop engine, the Predator B has started undergoing tests using advanced sensors and weapons payloads, controlled by pilots on the ground operating instruments that "function as the aircraft cockpit," one document says.
		Over the next five years, Pentagon documents project purchases of 35 Predators to replace those that crash or are shot down and 24 Predator Bs, with the first 20 to be used for testing.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A55159-2005Mar21.html (719 words)

	Surveillance Operation in Pakistan Located and Killed Al Qaeda Official
		The sources said the Predator drone, operated from a secret base hundreds of miles from the target, located and fired on al-Yemeni late Saturday night in Toorikhel, Pakistan, a suburb of Mirali in the province of North Waziristan.
		In November 2002, the CIA used a Predator fitted with a five-foot-long Hellfire missile to kill a senior al Qaeda leader, Abu Ali al-Harithi, as he was riding in a car in the Yemeni desert.
		The CIA is permitted to operate the lethal Predator under presidential authority promulgated after the Sept. 11 attacks.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/14/AR2005051401121.html (858 words)

	Army Resorts To Unmanned Predator Drone In Effort To Defeat Navy
		As Navy QB Craig Candeto launched a bomb to a wide open Mike Brammer in the end zone, the unmanned Predator drone put the ball in its cross hairs and fired a rocket, blowing it to pieces.
		As running back Eric Roberts was streaking down the field toward the end zone, untouched by defenders, the drone swooped down and struck him in the head, knocking him unconscious and putting him in the hospital with a concussion.
		Gary Broberg, the cadet who was controlling the Predator, said he was grateful for the opportunity to help his team.
	www.thebrushback.com /Archives/armydrone_full.htm (911 words)

	Al Qaeda Fighting American Robots - On Point Commentary by Austin Bay StrategyPage.com
		America's "Predator" drone aircraft is a robot of sorts, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with an extremely small radar and political signature.
		The Predator attack illustrates the kind of high quality, though quiet, cooperation America is receiving from nations around the globe.
		The Predator attack in Yemen verges on assassination, echoing the U.S. Army Air Corps ambush of Japanese Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto in 1943.
	www.strategypage.com /onpoint/articles/20021106.asp (813 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Business -- Predator-drone plan means General Atomics windfall
		A Predator drone taxis down a runway in the high desert near Edwards Air Force Base in this photo taken in September 2001.
		The Predator, resembling an upside-down spoon, may be piloted from thousands of miles away.
		The Air Force plans to set up new Predator squadrons in Texas and Arizona in 2006 and 2007 and in New York in 2009, she said.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/business/20050318-1034-arms-predator-usa.html (401 words)

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