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Predator fighting terrorism: effectiveness and limitations in its project development

Washington, USA - The version provided with Hellfire missiles flew only one month later after the attack against the Twin Towers

Recently more information concerning American armed forces' debates on development possibilities for UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) aircraft and their employment have been spread. Even one year before the attack against the Twin Towers, the possibility of providing the RQ-1 Predator with air-to-surface missiles was supposed. Successively, during operations in Afghanistan, at least in two occasions it...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 60857
Rome, Italy, 03/29/2004 14:15
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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