MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle ndi imodzi mwa zipangizo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri masiku ano.
Maudindo Ozindikira ndi Kumenyana
Yopangidwa ndi General Atomics ya San Diego, California, MQ-1 Predator ndi galimoto yosagwirizana ndi ndege (UAV), kutanthauza kuti ndi ndege yomwe imagwira popanda woyendetsa ndege. Chifukwa ndegeyo ilibe woyendetsa ndege, nthawi zina imatchedwa "drone" ndi asilikali ndi ndale.
Poyitanidwa ndi asilikali a US monga "dongosolo," Predator kwenikweni ili ndi magalimoto anayi omwe ali ndi masensa, mauthenga a satanala, ndi malo olamulira omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kuthandizira magalimoto osagwira ntchito.
Poyamba amapanga mautumiki ovomerezeka, a Predator amakhalanso ndi zida za Hellfire ndipo akhoza kumenyana nawo. Kuyambira mu 1995, Predator UAVs yakhala ikugwiritsidwa ntchito m'magulu angapo ochokera ku Bosnia ndi Pakistan kupita ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan.
Ntchito Yogwirira Ntchito ndi Kupambana
Machitidwe a MQ-1 a Predator UAV ndi okwera mtengo mtengo wa pafupifupi $ 5 miliyoni payekha. Komabe, ndegeyi yatsimikizira kuti ikugwira bwino ntchito zankhondo zamakono. Akuluakulu a asilikali akuyamika Predators chifukwa cha kupirira kwawo komanso kukwanitsa kugwira ntchito kwa nthawi yaitali.
Kawirikawiri, ndege ya Predator ikhoza kuyendetsa mtunda wa makilomita 400 kuchokera kumsasa wawo ndikukhala pamtunda kwa maola oposa 10 musanabwererenso.
Izi zapangitsa kuti Predator ikhale yolumikiza maumboni ndi kusonkhanitsa nzeru. Ulendowu wotalika kwambiri ndi ndege ya Predator inali maola 40.
Magalimoto Opanda Ndege Osatetezedwa amachititsanso kuti oyendetsa ndege asatuluke. Komabe, ndegeyi yakhala ikukumana ndi mavuto mu nyengo yoipa. Ambiri a Predators oyambirira anagwa chifukwa cha zinthu zovuta - kujambula kutsutsidwa kwa ndale zina.
Mavutowa adakonzedwa ndi dongosolo la de-icing.
Zakhazikitsidwa ndi Kulembera ku CIA
Ngakhale kuti amagwiritsidwa ntchito kwambiri ndi asilikali a US, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) yakhala ikukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi MQ-1 Predator UAV kuyambira pakuyambira. CIA yakhala ikupanga drones zam'lengalenga kuti zidziwitse komanso kusonkhanitsa nzeru kuyambira m'ma 1980.
CIA inathandizira kuyang'anira maulendo oyambirira oyendetsa ndege ndi maphunziro a Predator, ndipo bungweli likugwiritsa ntchito ndegeyi kwazinthu zina zakunja - makamaka ku Balkans. Mayiko ena awonetsanso chidwi pogwiritsa ntchito njira yolumikizira usilikali, kuphatikizapo Canada.