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Saturday, May 04, 2013

Brimstones for Reapers?

MQ-9 Reaper |The US Air Force is looking at equipping its General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft with British-developed Brimstone missiles, to reduce collateral damage.

The Reapers flown by the US Air Force are currently employed with AGM-114R Hellfire ‘Romeo’ missiles and laser guided bombs. i-hls reports

ALthough the AGM-114R has been optimised for operation from UAVs, provided with a laser seeker with wider aspect angle, smokeless launch and multi-purpose warhead, according to Defense News the Air Force secretive Big Safari Groupis evaluating the British Brimstone missile as an alternative.

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