Never mind, we'll do it ourselves : the inside story of how a team of renegades broke rules, shattered barriers, and launched a drone warfare revolution

Bierbauer, Alec (author.). Cooter, Mark A., (author.). Marks, Michael E., (author.). Campbell, John F., (writer of introduction.). Brown, Gabe, (writer of afterword.).

Summary: "Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves is the character-driven story behind the origins of the Predator drone program and the dawn of unmanned warfare. A firsthand account told by an Air Force team leader and a CIA team leader, Never Mind, We'll Do It Ourselves takes the reader into the back offices and secret government hangars where the robotic revolution went from a mad scientist idea to a pivotal part of global air power"--Book jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781510720916
ISBN: 151072091X
Physical Description: print
regular print
xvii, 326 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Publisher: New York, NY : Skyhorse Publishing, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

First blood -- How it all began -- Just duct tape and baling wire -- All prices are negotiable -- Showtime -- It's always what you least expect -- Everything comes with a price -- A deadly idea -- The breaking point -- Building a killer -- Connecting the dots -- Unthinkable -- Payback's a bitch -- They grow up so fast -- With everything on the line -- Objects in the rearview mirror -- Postscript: the long and winding road.