Key uses
- Intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance
- Checking for roadside bombs or devices on landing areas
- Listening to mobile phone conversations
- Helping understand daily routine of locals to see what is normal behaviour
- Close Air Support
- Following or attacking suspected insurgents
Eyes in the sky | |
|---|---|
| MQ-1B Predator | MQ-9 Reaper |
Armed reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition
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Primary function
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Hunter-killer weapon system
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16.8m (55ft)
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Wingspan
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20.1m (66ft)
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8.2m (27ft)
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Length
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11m (36ft)
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204kg (450lb)
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Payload
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1,701kg (3,750lb)
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135-217kph (84-135 mph)
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Cruise speed
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370kph (230mph)
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1,240k, (770 miles)
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Range
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1,850k (1,150 miles)
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Two Hellfire missiles
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Weapons
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Combination of Hellfire, Paveway II and GBU-12 JDAM
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Two: one pilot and one sensor operator; plus a mission co-ordinator when required
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Crew
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Two: one pilot and one sensor operator; plus a mission co-ordinator when required
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$20m per system (includes four aircraft, ground control station and satellite link)
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Unit cost
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$53.5m per system (includes four aircraft, ground control station and satellite link)
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130
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Active force - USAF
RAF
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47
5 - rising to 10 in 2013
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