ote piloted vehicles (RVPs or, also known as UAVs for unmanned aerial vehicles) resembled oversize model planes and acted as aerial spies.The U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, and Army used basically two types of RVPs in the war, the Pointer and the more sophisticated Pioneer. The Pioneer drone (developed by the Israelis and produced in the U.S.) has a wingspan of 17 feet and is 14 feet long. It is powered by a 26 horsepower snowmobile engine and has a range of about 100 miles and flight duration of five hours. It can carry a multitude of sensors including television and FLIR. The drone is catapulted into the air and when airborne runs on liquid fuel. It is guided by an electronic box with a joystick that the operator uses to turn the plane left or right, up or down in the same way remote-controlled model airplanes works. Each 9pioneer costs about $500,000 and carries a $400,000 video camera that can take highly detailed pictures from 2,000 feet and transmit them 100 miles away.According to a May 1991 Department of the Navy report, At least one UAV was airborne at all times during Desert Storm.There were 522 sorties/hours flown with the Navy having 100 sorties; the Marines Corps 94; the Army 48. RPVs were used extensively in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm, not only by the United States but also by coalition forces. In its use as long distance eyes for battleships guns, the RPVs position was sent to the shipboard computer.In conclusion, The Persian Gulf War was a war of ethnic differences, and cruel leadership. Desert Storm was the same type of war that had occurred in this area for many years except for one thing. In Operation Desert Storm, sophisticated technology was used to end the war in a quick and timely manner.It can be said that due to the extreme power and sophistication the U.S. and its allies that Saddam and his tiny nation of roughly 17 million people stood no chance against the U.S. military and its Allies.One of the goal...
