Predators Over Libya

摘要

Two days after the Defense Department revealed that armed MQ-1 Predators began operations over Libya, NATO announced the first series of attacks by the remotely piloted aircraft against Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi's forces April 23. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates divulged President Obama's approval of using armed drones in Libya on April 21, stating in a Pentagon briefing that Predators have "a very limited additional role" consistent with Obama's aim to supply unique US capabilities to the NATO mission.