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A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by Automotive1(m): 4:36pm On Jan 10, 2020
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A MQ-9 Reaper drone operated by US forces last week killed Iranian top security and intelligence commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani.

The airstrikes, which targeted the car ferrying the General with pinpoint accuracy as he was leaving Baghdad airport, was authorized by Trump.

The airstrikes comes 7 months after Iran shot down a US Global Hawk surveillance drone. The highly advanced spy drone cost the United States $220 million, or ₦79 billion.

Let’s take a look at the deadly capabilities of the United States’ MQ-9 Reaper drone:







The MQ-9 Reaper system is a multi-mission, medium-altitude, long-endurance” aircraft that is designed to attack time-sensitive targets with persistence and precision. It can also destroy or disable those targets.

The 4,900-pound drone, which became operational in 2007, has a wingspan of 66 feet. It has a range of 1,150 miles and the ability to fly at altitudes of 50,000 feet. The Reaper has a cruising speed of roughly 230 mph.

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Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by Automotive1(m): 4:36pm On Jan 10, 2020






The near-silent drone is operated remotely by a pilot, a sensor operator and a Mission Intelligence Coordinator. It can also conduct surveillance, assist in search and rescue missions. The drone also allows US forces to conduct irregular warfare operations.

The Reaper has an endurance of 30 hours when conducting ISR missions. It decreases to 23 hours if it is carrying a full weapons load.

As of September 2015, the Air Force had 93 MQ-9 Reaper drones in its arsenal. Each of these drones costs $15.9 million, or ₦5.7 billion.







The laser-guided missile that was fired by the Reaper during the mission in Iraq is AGM-114 Hellfire Missile. Each of these missiles cost USD117,000 (‎₦42.5 million).

In October 2012, the U.S ordered 24,000 Hellfire II missiles, for both the U.S. armed forces and foreign customers.

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Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by crestedaguiyi: 4:38pm On Jan 10, 2020
That one day
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by tck2000(m): 5:16pm On Jan 10, 2020
wow
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by Aldebaran(m): 7:02pm On Jan 10, 2020
US can't deploy this so-called advanced multi-million drone to Iran because it knows that Iran will shoot down grin
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by donbrowser(m): 7:07pm On Jan 10, 2020
Aldebaran:

US can't deploy this so-called advanced multi-million drone to Iran because it knows that Iran will shoot down grin
Sit down there
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by xpmode(m): 7:33pm On Jan 10, 2020
So WW 3 has ended just like that, with one casualty
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by Aldebaran(m): 7:36pm On Jan 10, 2020
xpmode:
So WW 3 has ended just like that, with one casualty

Don't mind America....

America think say na only am get CRAZE for HEAD grin
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by RuggedSniper: 4:52am On Nov 19, 2020
Automotive1:






The near-silent drone is operated remotely by a pilot, a sensor operator and a Mission Intelligence Coordinator. It can also conduct surveillance, assist in search and rescue missions. The drone also allows US forces to conduct irregular warfare operations.

The Reaper has an endurance of 30 hours when conducting ISR missions. It decreases to 23 hours if it is carrying a full weapons load.

As of September 2015, the Air Force had 93 MQ-9 Reaper drones in its arsenal. Each of these drones costs $15.9 million, or ₦5.7 billion.







The laser-guided missile that was fired by the Reaper during the mission in Iraq is AGM-114 Hellfire Missile. Each of these missiles cost USD117,000 (‎₦42.5 million).

In October 2012, the U.S ordered 24,000 Hellfire II missiles, for both the U.S. armed forces and foreign customers.

https://autojosh.com/a-look-at-mq-9-reaper-drone-that-bombed-the-car-ferrying-iranian-gen-soleimani/

WTF! grin

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Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by IamPlato(m): 12:43pm On Nov 19, 2020
I Thought Drones Are Small. This One na jumbo Drone.


US took That Man Down Like It Was Nothing Despite All The Mouth Those Arabs Made.


US Is Currently The Most Powerful Country On The Planet.


I Still Dont Understand Why I Love America More Than My Country..


From This Moment I Am A Proud American.


If Not For The Transfer Error In My Birth i Am Suppose To Be American.

Anyway I Am Now Proud To Say It. I Am An American
Re: A Look At ₦5.7b MQ-9 Reaper Drone That Bombed The Car Ferrying Iranian General by rottennaija(m): 5:56am On Nov 20, 2020
When a US president needs to win an election, they look for someone 'bad' to kill. Obama did same with 'Osama Bin Laden', Bush started a war in Iraq, Trump killed Soleimani.

But what if Soleimani is still alive? Can you really trust these western narrative with their fine pictures?

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