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  • Pilotless Robot Bomber Squadron Heads for Afghanistan, Iraq

    07/16/2007 7:15:49 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 18 replies · 1,122+ views
    Fox News.com ^ | July 15, 2007
    FOXNews.com Pilotless Robot Bomber Squadron Heads for Afghanistan, Iraq Monday , July 16, 2007 BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq — The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It's outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles. The Reaper is loaded, but there's no one on board. Its pilot, as it bombs targets in Iraq, will sit at a video console 7,000 miles away in Nevada. The arrival of these outsized U.S. "hunter-killer" drones,...