Predator shoot-down shows value, vulnerability of the UAV
The most surprising thing about the Aug. 27 loss of a U.S. Air Force RQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle over Iraq, observers said, was that it has taken this long for one to be shot down by Iraqi forces. The UAVs have been flying in Southwest Asia since the mid-1990s. The vehicles, operated by...
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