TY - BOOK N2 - "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."-- AB - "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."-- T1 - Predator :the secret origins of the drone revolution / AU - Whittle, Richard. ET - First edition. CN - UG1242.D7 CN - UG1242.D7 ID - 707692 KW - Predator (Drone aircraft) KW - Drone aircraft KW - Drone aircraft KW - Aerospace industries SN - 9780805099645 SN - 0805099646 TI - Predator :the secret origins of the drone revolution / ER -