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michel leconte.stockani 2005
On
November 3, 2002, suspected al Qaeda operatives were killed by a
hellfire missile fired from a CIA Predator aircraft in Yemen .
On May 13, 2005,
suspected al Qaeda
operatives were killed by hellfire missiles fired from a CIA Predator
aircraft in the Pakistani Tribal Areas.
The RQ-1 Predator is an
unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV) which the U.S. Air Force describes as a
"medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle system." When
weaponized it is identified as MQ-1 Predator and can carry and use two
AGM-114 Hellfire missiles. The aircraft has been in use since 1995, and
been in combat over Afghanistan, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq, and Yemen. Since
the end of 2004 it is also used by the Italian Air Force.
links:
http://www.fas.org/irp/program/collect/predator.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predator_drone