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For nearly a decade, Brett Velicovich was at the center of America's new warfare: using unmanned aerial vehicles -- drones -- to take down the world's deadliest terrorists across the globe. One of an elite handful in the entire military with the authority to select targets and issue death orders, he worked in concert with the full human and technological network of American intelligence -- assets, analysts, spies, informants -- and the military's elite operatives, to stalk, capture, and eliminate high value targets in al-Qaeda and ISIS.

"Most military experts believe drones have the potential for changing the way wars are fought. In future armed conflicts, it may no longer be necessary for troops to risk their lives"--.

Presents a brief profile of the military use of various unmanned aerial vehicles.

"[The author] analyzes the ways in which the United States, Israel and other advanced militaries use aerial drones and ground-based robots to fight non-state actors (e.g. ISIS, AlQaeda, the Iraqi and Afghan insurgencies, Hezbollah, Hamas, etc.) and how these militant groups, as well as individual terrorists, are utilizing less advanced commercially available drones to fight powerful state opponents"--Dust jacket.

Explains how both aerial and underwater military drones operate and get inside details about some of the missions they've completed.

Pilotless Planes or "drones," an important aspect of modern military operations, are used for espionage, warfare, and public safety issues and can reduce injury or death rates for pilots.

Presents a brief profile of the military use of various unmanned aerial vehicles.