MQ-9 Reaper

Afghanistan while in a hangar in Hawaii. The feed is coming from an MQ-9 Reaper showing soldiers on the battlefield; your job is to guide them and provide oversight while searching for enemy combatants. I was the analyst whose task this was. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper (sometimes called Predator B) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capable of remotely controlled or autonomous flight operations. With the help of the Reaper, I monitored and informed the units of enemy activity and possible locations

addition 36 MQ-1B Predators specifically equipped with Hellfire missiles were ordered in September 2007, still Predators are currently in production for the US Air Force adding to their inventory. :(“Predator RQ-1 / MQ-1 / MQ-9 Reaper UAV, United States of America”, 2014). The Predator system is used to perform strike, coordination and reconnaissance (SCAR) against high-value, fleeting, and time-sensitive targets. The Predator is very versatile, able to conduct missions such as intelligence,

vary in size as well as vary in features such as cameras, radar, infrared imaging, lasers, and even weapons like missiles. There are two main types of medium-sized drones the military currently uses: the MQ-1B Predator and the MQ-9 Reaper. These styles are used in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. The MQ-1B Predator was originally created as a drone used for spying. Its main purpose was to

vital role in protecting the United States, as well as many other countries around the world. Although there are multiple drones owned by the United States government, the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1B Predator drones are the most predominantly used drones; General Atomics Aeronautical Systems manufacture both aircrafts. The MQ-9 Reaper drone is primarily used for offensive strikes. This

Drone use is an effective method for the USA to use as a defense against terrorism and other threats. Drones are now used worldwide as a defensive weapon for many different nations. They are effective in keeping US soldiers safe and as a result they have fewer post war symptoms. Not only are drones more effective that manned combat, they are drastically cheaper and fewer people are killed as a result of a drone strike. More than half of Americans already support drones, regardless of political

instigating a higher dislike of the United States. The cost of drones verse the use of man power is extremely important whenever you’re considering your stance on the matter. Unmanned drones could be economically in your favor: as of 2015 the unmanned MQ-9 Reaper drone is estimated to cost around $14 million, while the newest manned F-35 Joint Strike fighter posed by the Air Force, ranged from $148 million to $337 million (Zegart). Amy Zegart, author of, “The drone age: the drone revolution will pose new

Drones Turn on the news, and there will be at least one story about drones. Within the last five years, drones have experienced a massive spike in interest and have been upgraded constantly until they became state-of-the-art machines. Though drones are one of the most advanced pieces of technology the world has ever seen, they should not be used by militaries because of the many problems associated with them, such as limited pilots, innocent victims, and mid flight crashes. Many people have misconceptions

it can take out its target with minimal casualties. Sweetman author of “Fighters without Pilots” says, “since no one is aboard, an armed drone could be designed to loiter for 24 hours, or to evade missiles by a 20-G escape maneuver, well beyond the 9-G blackout limit of a human pilot” (12). A drone has the capability to evade missiles in which a fighter pilot doesn’t. Drones that are outfitted with weapons are also given new lazier guiding technology to ensure that the weapon only hits the target

Robot Soldiers’ Targeted Killing Abdulrahman al-Awlaki, a sixteen-years-old boy, was a third American killed by CIA drone strikes in Yemen while searching for his father, Anwar al-Awlaki, also an American citizen, who had been killed in a U.S. drone strike (Finn and Browning). Although drones kill not only terrorists but also innocent civilians including children like Abdulrahman, many drone strikes have been made to Pakistan between the year of 2004 and 2012. This is because the United States

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