An Israeli engineer (and a genius, according to Whittle), who worked for the state-owned Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), was asked by a senior officer in the Israeli Air Force to design a decoy rocket that could pinpoint enemy antiaircraft missiles and guns. Schemes to build unmanned aircraft go back at least to World War I, but Whittle’s story begins in the aftermath of Israel’s 1973 Yom Kippur War.
I can only offer a partial summary of Predator because the author provides a (adeptly rendered) plenitude of technical detail and bureaucratic maneuvering. Inevitably, the book raises moral questions. Predator is a thorough, well-crafted narrative scrutinizing the invention and history of the Predator and offers an invaluable account of how the Pentagon, lawmakers, and private businesses nurture (or subvert) new projects. Air Force as a “Tier II” MALE UAV (medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle), the Predator drone is a remote-controlled surveillance and killing machine. Richard Whittle’s Predator: The Secret Origins of the Drone Revolution is the chronicle of an ingenious, proficient piece of technology that many people deplore or even detest.
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