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America’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Isn’t the Monster It Used to Be
The MQ-9 Reaper has increasingly fallen behind newer drone variants—and grown more susceptible to anti-air efforts from the ...
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Next-gen patrol drones enter US Army fleet to replace legacy MQ-1 Predator
While the US Army has utilized drone technology since the 1930s, recent innovations mark a significant leap forward. The MQ-1 ...
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AR-1: What Happens When You Give a Drone an Assault Rifle?
Predator drones were used in the GWOT for many years ... The system uses two cameras, one to aim the gun and the other for navigation. Its cameras have a 36-power optical zoom with digital ...
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Killer Drone's Iraq Debut
The MQ-9 Reaper (pictured), a bigger version of the famed Predator drone, flew its first mission ... Regardless, Air Force is now aiming to deploy as many as 50 orbits by the end of this year.
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How the Predator Drone Changed the Character of War
Later renamed the Predator, it quickly became ... Remotely controlled aircraft carried still cameras over battlefields in Vietnam. The Israeli Army used drones for surveillance and as decoys ...
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The Reaper Drone Is a Staple of the U.S. Fleet
The MQ-9 Reaper is a newer, larger version of the MQ-1 Predator drone ... $32 million for one of them. Reaper drones are equipped with visual sensors and cameras that make them effective for ...