mq
Britishabbreviation
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More than a dozen MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost since the war began.
The use of MQ-9 "Reaper" drones comes after researchers tracked months of US drone flights over Nigeria originating from nearby Ghana last year.
From Barron's
That hasn’t deterred the U.S., which has been flying more than 10 MQ-9 orbits over Iran at a time as the American commanders push to stop Tehran’s ballistic-missile launches and whittle down other offensive capabilities.
Lee said “it makes perfect sense” to use the MQ-9 for “for persistence and targeting.”
And yet, the little heralded role of the MQ-9 may be the last hurrah for the Reaper, which became famous for the millions of hours it spent flying over the battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan searching for insurgents and roadside bomb makers.
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