Embedded Player The Predator has emerged as one of the most useful weapons in the U.S. military's arsenal. The tiny Unmanned Aerial Vehicle played a role in catching Saddam Hussein, in killing a high-profile al Qaeda suspect in Pakistan this spring, and in trying to find the Navy SEAL team that went missing in Afghanistan this summer. But the pilots who actually fly the Predator are far from the action. They're sprawled in leather armchairs planted in trailers, in the middle of the desert in Nevada. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly visits the home of the Predator outside Las Vegas, for this look at how the Predator works and how it's being adapted for new challenges, like detecting explosives in Iraq.