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To: gaijin

Gaijin - is that a drone?


100 posted on 12/01/2007 4:07:22 PM PST by yorkie
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To: yorkie
Yes, it is. It is the successor to the Predator. This one is the Reaper, and it's about 3 to 4 times as fast as the original. It is highly persistent --can stay over the target for 3/4 of a day. It is also very cheap to operate, efficient, and if it crashes, no pilot is killed.

It was more or less born to do border enforcement, although they (the Reapers) are not currently fielded in that capacity.

104 posted on 12/01/2007 6:15:54 PM PST by gaijin
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