RAF REAPER OPERATIONS

摘要

The MQ-9 Reaper can remain airborne for nearly 40 hours, providing ISR and strike capabilities. The type is armed with Hellfire and GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided weapons. By the end of August 2013 (the latest date for which information has been released), the RAF Reapers had amassed over 50,000 combat hours and fired 418 weapons in Afghanistan. Work is under way to integrate the MBDA Brimstone missile.