Royal Airforce reaper completes 20000 Flying hours

From Weapons and technology

The RAF's Remotely Piloted Air System, the Predator MQ-9 Reaper, has notched up a landmark 20,000 operational flying hours over Afghanistan. Reaper force has repeatedly proven itself, both in combat and as eyes in the skies for front line troops and military commanders on the ground.

Reaper was introduced in October 2007, and, with its array of high tech sensors and precision-guided weapons, it can carry out a wide range of missions to support forces in Afghanistan. It can gather pre-raid intelligence on target compounds, assist in countering IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and provide surveillance for routine patrols and supply convoys.

Reaper can use its sensors day and night to spy on insurgent activity for hours at a time and at a range where it is undetected from the ground. The images are complemented by radar, mounted in the nose of the aircraft, gathering another dimension of detailed imagery that is analysed by a team of highly trained intelligence specialists in military bases around the world.
If necessary, Reaper can also strike at insurgents with a range of precision-guided weapons.

Source: http://weapons.technology.youngester.com/2011/04/royal-airforce-reaper-completes-20000.html

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