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The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, one component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS)) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations, developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) primarily for the United States Air Force (USAF). The MQ-9 and other UAVs ...
Below is a description of the MQ-9 drone based on information from the Air Force and its maker, General Atomics. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle can loiter at altitudes of ...
On the early morning of 14 March 2023, an MQ-9 Reaper drone belonging to the United States Air Force departed from a base in Romania, [6] likely the Romanian Air Force 71st Air Base located in Câmpia Turzii. [7] The drone was scheduled to conduct a routine reconnaissance mission over the Black Sea when it was intercepted by two Russian fighter ...
Initial indications are that a US MQ-9 Reaper drone that crashed near Hodeidah in Yemen early Monday morning was shot down by a Houthi surface-to-air missile, a US official said Tuesday.
America's ally in Syria accidentally shot down an advanced US drone, suggesting these Kurdish-led forces have acquired some kind of air defenses. A $30 million MQ-9 Reaper drone wasn't the only ...
Images analyzed by The Associated Press showed the MQ-9 on its belly in the barren desert, its tail assembly disconnected from their rest of its body. At least one hatch on the drone appeared to have been opened after it landed there, though the drone remained broadly intact without any clear blast damage. One image included Wednesday's date.
20 May 2024: A US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi forces over Al Bayda Governorate, Yemen. [192] [193] 29 May 2024: A US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by Houthi forces over Ma'rib Governorate. Houthis published IR footage of the interception and wreckage of the drone. [194] 4 August 2024: A US MQ-9 Reaper drone was shot down by ...
Yemen's Houthi rebels on Friday claimed to have shot down an American drone, hours after footage circulated online of what appeared to be the wreckage of an MQ-9 Reaper drone. Early Saturday, a ...