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Iran Destroyed 20% Of Pentagon's MQ-9 Reaper Drone Fleet: Report
Iran Destroyed 20% Of Pentagon's MQ-9 Reaper Drone Fleet: Report
Via Middle East Eye
Iran has destroyed $1bn worth of MQ-9 Reaper Drones, or roughly 20 percent of the US's pre-war inventory of the sophisticated unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg on Friday.
The report said that many of the drones were downed by Iran in flight, but that others had been destroyed on the ground when Iran targeted US military bases in the Gulf.
via AFP
The MQ-9 is both a surveillance drone and capable of carrying a payload, typically Hellfire missiles...
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