The losses piling up around the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper are forcing a hard rethink of how modern airpower actually works ...
Unlike the MQ-9’s previous targets during the 20-year War on Terror, Iran has the ability to shoot back.
The U.S. military has been using and advancing drone technology for decades, and in the 21st century, drone warfare has become the norm. Throughout its conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan (as well as ...
An MQ-9 Reaper drone crashed into the Mediterranean Sea last December after losing its propeller midflight, likely due to the failure of a ring necessary to secure the prop in place. (SrA Raya Feltner ...