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In place of the cockpit, where the pilot of a fighter plane would normally sit, is the navigation system -- the brains of the aircraft. The Predator carries the satellite control system to communicate with the operator who is sometimes thousands of miles away.
February 7, 2013 5:12 PM PST
Photo by: Screenshot/PBS/NOVA
| Caption by: James Martin
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