Predator Drone Successfully Defends Base
Posted on September 7th, 2005 in Latest News
Three cheers for the US Army and for robots! SpaceWar.com recently reported that an unmanned US robotic drone, one of the popular Predators, successfully attacked a group of Iraqui insurgents about to attack a military base in the region. The insurgents were about to launch a morter attack on the base when the Predator spotted them. The AirForce says that 11 of the enemy were killed and 4 were wounded, while the Predator expended 2 Hellfire missiles.The done was then used to, "track the wounded, who were observed being loaded into two vehicles at one of the mortar sites." They were taken to a hospital where 6 Iraqi’s were then arreste by the military.
I, for one, think this is an amazing story, and a definite tribute to what robotic technology can do to protect people. Of course, if this technology found its way into the hands of the wrong folks, we all might be in trouble. Thoughts on the matter?
Read Similar Posts:
TrackBack URL
September 25th, 2008 at 05:56
[...] Predator Drone Successfully Defends Base Three cheers for the US Army and for robots! SpaceWar.com recently reported that an unmanned US robotic drone, one of the popular Predators, successfully attacked a group of Iraqui insurgents about to attack a military base in the region. The insurgents were about to launch a morter attack on the base when the Predator spotted them. The AirForce says that 11 of the enemy were killed and 4 were wounded, while the Predator expended 2 Hellfire missiles. [...]
December 19th, 2008 at 11:16
[...] reported on such matter before, but once again a US Military drone (robot) has successfully fired on and killed at least 5 [...]
January 4th, 2010 at 09:54
[...] was retrofitted to be armed with hellfire missiles. The Predator Drone has since then been used in countless operations, like this one, and has logged nearly one million hours of flight time. The number of drones used by the [...]