Drones, during the first Iraq war

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Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
for real life drone surveillance too?

[Gig 601Xl Builder]

wrote:
> Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
> pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
> who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
> terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
> for real life drone surveillance too?
>

Sure we'll be happy to do your home work for you.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/drones.html

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My search did not find this reference, thanks for providing it. It's
exactly what I wanted to know.



On Apr 1, 11:53*am, Gig 601Xl Builder >
wrote:
> wrote:
> > Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
> > pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
> > who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
> > terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
> > for real life drone surveillance too?
>
> Sure we'll be happy to do your home work for you.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/drones.html

[Blueskies]

"Gig 601Xl Builder" > wrote in message m...
> wrote:
>> Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
>> pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
>> who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
>> terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
>> for real life drone surveillance too?
>>
>
> Sure we'll be happy to do your home work for you.
>
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/drones.html


Amazing how handy PBS is...

[Dan Luke[_2_]]

On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:01:18 GMT, "Blueskies" wrote:

>
>"Gig 601Xl Builder" > wrote in message m...
>> wrote:
>>> Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
>>> pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
>>> who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
>>> terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
>>> for real life drone surveillance too?
>>>
>>
>> Sure we'll be happy to do your home work for you.
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/drones.html
>
>
>Amazing how handy PBS is...

But you can't believe anything it says.

Lib-ruls, ya' know.

[Gig 601Xl Builder]

Blueskies wrote:
>
> "Gig 601Xl Builder" > wrote in message
> m...
>> wrote:
>>> Can anyone offer some insights as to the actual application of
>>> pilotless drones during the first Iraq war? What aiplanes were they,
>>> who made them? Was GPS a usable technology then? I know some form of
>>> terrain following was said to be used by cruise missiles, was it used
>>> for real life drone surveillance too?
>>>
>>
>> Sure we'll be happy to do your home work for you.
>>
>> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/weapons/drones.html
>
>
> Amazing how handy PBS is...

Amazing how handy Google is. And just for the edification of the OP. The
search term was, if I remember correctly, [drones Desert Storm Shield].

The link was the first one there and seemed to be fairly complete in a
compact sort of way.

I did notice one interesting and surprising thing in that article
though. The Air Force was the only branch that didn't use drones in the
operation.