Hunter Killer

We are too close. We know too much, and when it is time to shoot, we can zoom in until the target fills the screen.

Drones, or remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), are a mysterious and headline-making tool in the military's counterterrorism arsenal. Hunter Killer puts readers into this secretive world: hunting terrorists from the sky, deploying cutting-edge technology to neutralize threats to national security; but also, sitting in Los Angeles traffic surrounded by civilians on the commute home, the mind still fixed on blown-up images of a target's charred remains in the dust.

From starting out as one of the first volunteers, to becoming the commander of a squadron and writing the training manual for the entire Predator program, Air Force pilot and former intelligence operator Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley has helped cement the status of drones as one of the military's deadliest weapons, with the lowest accident rate in the Air Force.

Hunter Killer is a gripping and extraordinary first-hand account of Predator drones and the war on terror - equal parts techno-thriller, historical account and war memoir.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Kevin Maurer has covered special operations forces for nine years. He has been embedded with the Special Forces in Afghanistan six times, spent a month in 2006 with special operations units in east Africa, and has embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq and Haiti.

Zusammenfassung

For the first time ever, we are given an inside look at the US military's drone program that revolutionized modern warfare.

Vorwort

For the first time ever, we are given an inside look at the US military's drone program that revolutionized modern warfare.

Bericht

T Mark McCurley literally wrote the handbook on Predator drones for US forces; his memoir Hunter Killer is a detailed but unshadowy look at years spent in drone warfare. Esquire

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Kevin Maurer, Mark McCurley, T. Mark Mccurley
• Verlag: Allen & Unwin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 04.02.2016
• EAN: 9781760292263
• ISBN: 978-1-76029-226-3
• Seiten: 368
• Abmessung: 130 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Themen: Sachbuch; military history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, astronautics, Air forces & warfare, Warfare & defence, Military and defence strategy, Special and elite forces, Ordnance, weapons technology, Weapons and equipment, Aerospace and aviation technology, Military engineering