Why Drones Are Our Modern Nuclear Bomb Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Air Force crew chief Staff Sgt. Robert Stroud pushes back an RQ-1 Predator at Balad Air Base, Iraq, after the completion of one of its sorties over Iraq on Sept. 15, 2004. ( Tech. Sgt. Rob Jensen / U.S. Air Force ) Produced by Arwa Gunja Produced by PRI and WNYC