Us Predator Uav And Osama Bin Laden

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Recently, several air strikes launched by the US Predator UAV on Libya were reported globally. However, in its way to be so brilliant today, Osama Bin Laden was a leading role.

The Predator is a medium altitude long endurance UAV giving intelligence support to US Theater Commanders and Joint Force Commanders, with a maximum action radius of 3700 Km, maximum speed of 240 Km/h, and maximum endurance of 60 hours. It is equipped with optical/infrared surveillance equipment, GPS navigation and all-weather Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). It provides a resolution of 0.3 meters and a positioning accuracy of 0.25 m on target at 4000 m.

In January 1994, the General Atomics won a contract of the Predator UAV from the US Air Force. The original Predator was a pure reconnaissance aircraft, which was unarmed and responsible only for ground reconnaissance. Then later it caused the greatest tragedy in US history.

As early as in 1999, the new served Predator was put into Afghanistan. Unexpectedly, during its test mission, it just found the very Osama Bin Laden! From the video released later, we could see clearly that under ...
... the cover of a group of bodyguards, Laden calmly got on the car and left. Then the unarmed Predator could just watch and do nothing.

The action greatly stimulated the U.S. Air Force, and the program to arm the Predator was soon put on the agenda. Due to its maximum bomb load of less than 65 Kg for the poor structural strength, the Hellfire heavy ranged anti-tank missile became the only choice. The US military was anxious at first that it would disintegrate in the air when launching a missile, basing on there had been no such small aircraft fired a missile. Then it was proved that their worry was unnecessary.

Today, the Predator has become an important way of ground attack, and a well-deserved super star in battlefield. However, there still are many people regretting that if the Predator was armed a little earlier, maybe Osama Bin Laden would not escaped, and maybe, the twin towers are still standing there in Manhattan, New York.

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