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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBlake Publishing, The Limited, John
ISBN-101789460786
ISBN-139781789460780
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038469985
Product Key Features
Book TitleReaper Force : inside Britain's Drone Wars
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicMilitary Science, Military / General
Publication Year2019
IllustratorYes
GenreTechnology & Engineering, History
AuthorPeter Lee
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length7.8 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal623.74690941
SynopsisAn intimate portrait of remote air warfare in the twenty-first century, based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons, crew members and families. This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada, USA. The author has observed lethal missile strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq alongside the crews involved. He has also conducted extensive interviews with Reaper pilots, sensor operators, mission intelligence coordinators, and spouses and partners. The result is an intimate portrait of the human aspect of remote air warfare in the twenty-first century., An intimate portrait of remote air warfare in the twenty-first century, based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons, crew members and families., This unique insight into RAF Reaper operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria is based on unprecedented research access to the Reaper squadrons and personnel at RAF Waddington in Lincolnshire and Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. The author has observed lethal missile strikes against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq alongside the crews involved. He has also conducted extensive interviews with Reaper pilots, sensor operators, mission intelligence coordinators, and spouses and partners. The result is an intimate portrait of the human aspect of remote air warfare in the 21st century.