Inside the MQ-9 Reaper: The Military Drone That Changed Modern Warfare
Disclosure: This article contains affiliate links. If you purchase through one of our links, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we genuinely think are worth your money. There's a drone flying somewhere over a conflict zone right now. It has been in the air for over 20 hours. Its crew — two people — are sitting at a ground control station thousands of miles away, possibly on the other side of the world, watching a live feed of the ground below in extraordinary detail. If a target is identified, they can authorize a precision strike within minutes. That drone is almost certainly an MQ-9 Reaper. Since its introduction into US Air Force service in 2007, the MQ-9 Reaper has become…
