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„Bloomberg: Iran Destroyed Nearly $1 Billion Worth of US MQ-9 Reaper Drones

Despite the heavy losses, the chief of the US Air Force dubbed the MQ-9 the 'MVP' of the US-Israeli bombing campaign.“

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/05/21/bloomberg-iran-destroyed-nearly-1-billion-worth-of-us-mq-9-reaper-drones/

Bloomberg: Iran Destroyed Nearly $1 Billion Worth of US MQ-9 Reaper Drones

Bloomberg reported on Thursday that during the US-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran that began on February 28, Iranian forces destroyed more than two dozen US MQ-9 Reaper drones, or nearly $1 billion worth of the unmanned aircraft. The number represents about 20% of the Pentagon's MQ-9 inventory. The drones have…

#usa #israel #iran : #warofaggression / #militarylosses / #mythofinvulnerability

„Among the losses are four F-15E fighter jets, one #F35 A fighter, one A-10 ground-attack aircraft, seven KC-135 aerial refueling aircraft, one E-3 airborne early warning-and-control system aircraft, two MC-130J special operations aircraft, one HH-60W combat search-and-rescue helicopter, 24 MQ-9 #Reaperdrone s and one MQ-4C #Tritondrone.“

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5889060-iran-war-toll-us-aircraft/

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#US #AirForce's #AngryKitten turns Reaper #drone into fierce feline of electronic #warfare
While not a new device for #USAF, latest tests involved the first flight of Angry Kitten Electronic Warfare Pod on an unmanned craft, in this case a #GeneralAtomics #MQ9A #ReaperDrone. Angry Kitten is a radio frequency #jammer built with a mix of commercial electronics, custom hardware and novel machine learning software that allows it to adapt to advanced #electronicwarfare (#EWF)
https://www.theregister.com/2023/07/21/us_air_force_angry_kitten/
US Air Force's Angry Kitten turns Reaper drone into fierce feline of electronic warfare

Hardware from a decade ago? More like grumpy old mog

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Russian Fighter Jet Fires Flares, Damaging U.S. Drone over Syria - Political IQ

A Russian fighter jet that flew within meters of a U.S. drone and fired flares that damaged the MQ-9 Reaper over Syria.

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from Ukrainian News24
Two Reaper MQ-9 drones for $2 !!
#ReaperDrone
#Ukraine
Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine https://boingboing.net/2018/07/11/hackers-swiped-an-operator-man.html #It'saUNIXsystemIknowthis! #Hackersgonnahack #Reaperdrone #networks #Post #USAF #iot #uav
Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine

Hackers swiped an operator manual for a fancy airborne killing machine

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