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In the first season, Will goes missing, forcing local police chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) to search for him alongside Joyce Byers (Winona Ryder). However, they don’t realise that Will has been transported to the Upside Down, an alternate dimension that was unleashed by the Hawkin’s National Laboratory during their secretive experiments. Over the three decades since those experiments, the idea of weaponizing UAVs had been pursued by a number of people. But after 1987 the very legality of arming drones became questionable, at least for the United States and the Soviet Union. On December 8 of that year, President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which required both nations to eliminate ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges between 300 to 3,300 miles. Missiles launched from the sea or air were outside the pact, which defined a ground-launched cruise missile as “an unmanned, self-propelled vehicle that sustains flight through the use of aerodynamic lift over most of its flight path” and “a weapon-delivery vehicle.” The INF Treaty, as it is known, prompted Congress to give the Navy-run Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Joint Program Office authority solely over “nonlethal” drones.

If you're not familiar with Stranger Things, it is set in the 1980s and follows the disappearance of a young boy. The town's residents are forced to deal with the fallout, and strange things begin to happen. The show is equal parts gripping and funny, and I guarantee that you'll be hooked after just one episode. In 1996, the INF Treaty between Washington and Moscow remained in force. The Predator’s success in Bosnia, however, was sparking new thinking about drones. For some, it was more exciting to imagine the technical possibilities than the possible legal limits. Flip your wardrobe upside down with Zavvi UK’s wide range of Stranger Things clothing. Our officially licensed products draw inspiration from the fan-favourite TV series, featuring a variety of items (T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies, and hats) designed after the central characters and the terrifying Demogorgon. Welcome To Hawkins A few minutes later, a contractor crew using a ground control station at Indian Springs, Nevada, launched 3034 and flew the Predator northeast into the vast test and exercise ranges of Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. After the drone was beyond some hills that made C-band line-of-sight control impossible, Hawes and sensor operator Leo Glovka took control of 3034 from a second ground control station parked on the Nellis test range, also using a C-band antenna. Under the crawl-walk-run philosophy of testing, the first Hellfires would be launched with the Predator under line-of-sight control, thus avoiding the risk of losing a link to the drone when flying via satellite. With 3034 carrying an inert Hellfire fitted with sensors to gather and transmit data in flight, Hawes did some dry runs toward the target, an old tank parked in the desert. Glovka would go through the motions of a launch, putting the crosshairs of the Forty-Four ball’s heat-detecting infrared sensor on the tank. To reduce the chances of a miss, a ground-based laser designator team would shine the beam used to guide the Hellfire to its target. No one was more excited about Jumper’s decision than Air Force Major General Michael C. Kostelnik, who saw it as an opportunity to advance his Small Smart Bomb. He wanted to run Jumper’s project, but Bill Grimes, the director of the shadowy Air Force technology shop known as Big Safari, thought it belonged to his outfit, which after all was the Predator’s official System Program Office. Lieutenant General Robert F. Raggio, a three-star that both Grimes and Kostelnik answered to, sided with Grimes. In early June 2000, Raggio told Kostelnik to stand down and directed Big Safari to figure out the smartest way to meet Jumper’s goal.

On July 28, Big Safari received formal approval from Headquarters Air Force to do what Jumper wanted, but the instruction said no Predators were to be modified until the service got both Congressional approval and a ruling that arming the drone was acceptable under the INF Treaty. Under the circumstances, the Big Safari team did as much analysis and made as many modifications as they could. At 10:39 a.m., with the Predator’s engine running and its small pusher propeller gently turning, Mattoon decided it was time to launch a missile. The Hellfire’s software would have to be modified too, to launch the missile properly from the Predator’s normal operating altitude of about 15,000 feet, for the AGM-114 was designed to be launched at tanks by helicopters flying 2,000 feet or less above the ground. Test firings—first from the ground, then in the air—would be necessary. The show was created by the Duffer Brothers, who are known for their work on movies like Hidden Figures and television shows like Wayward Pines. The brothers grew up in North Carolina and were heavily influenced by Stephen King novels and movies like E.T.

Within the UK and USA the price you see is the price you pay - you won't be charged any extra fees.Stranger Things is a popular Netflix series that tells the story of a group of kids who investigate the strange happenings in their small town. The show has become a phenomenon, and people are fascinated by its retro feel and supernatural plot. Curt Hawes and most others on the test team were oblivious to the intelligence agencies’ interest in what they were doing. Big Safari’s Hellfire test director Mattoon, however, knew who the armed Predator’s first customer was likely to be. There were legal hurdles to the project, no matter what weapon Jumper chose, including the 1987 INF Treaty, which was still in effect. A committee of government lawyers would have to decide whether an armed Predator fit the INF Treaty’s definition of a ground-launched cruise missile. If it did, Jumper’s “next logical step” could be a violation of a major international agreement.

Shielded from the test pad by the hill holding the antennas was a concrete bunker full of test gear and engineers, including General Atomics project manager Christopher Dusseault and Major “Spoon” Mattoon, a weapons testing expert and Big Safari’s project manager. Behind the bunker sat the Predator’s ground control station.

On Friday, February 16, 2001, Air Force Captain Curt Hawes would make aviation history, becoming the first person ever to launch a Hellfire missile from a Predator in flight.

If you're looking for the perfect gift for the Stranger Things fan in your life, look no further! We've got the best gifts that will make any fan of the show happy.Contrary to later accounts, Air Force General John Jumper’s initiative to arm the Predator originally had nothing to do with the CIA’s covert operations against Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Nor was Jumper’s project secret, though defense industry trade publications were the only media paying attention. They began working on Stranger Things in 2014, and the show was released in 2016. It was an instant hit, and people loved the characters, the setting, and the suspenseful plot. The Popularity of Stranger Things At the conclusion of Dehnert’s briefing, Jumper directed his staff to work with Big Safari to come up with a detailed plan for arming the Predator with the Hellfire.