Through encrypted satellite communications,the predator was providing a live battlefield television picture back to control rooms at the US Central Command in Tampa,Florida,from where General Tommy Franks has been runnig the war in Afghanistan.

• 借助加密卫星通信，“食肉动物”侦察机向佛罗里达坦帕的美国中央司令部控制室传回实况战场图像，汤米·弗兰克斯将军就是通过这里的控制室指挥阿富汗战争的。