HOW AMERICAN MQ-9 REAPER DRONE COULD TAKE OUT RUSSIAN & CHINESE FIGHTER JETS?

On March 9th, 2018, the US Air Force officially retired Predator. Predator was the one which initiated the era of unmanned air combat and put the fear of god into the heart of America’s enemies especially the terrorists.
MQ1 Predator is now replaced by a much more capable MQ-9 Reaper which will be the backbone of US Air Force drone operations going forward.

U.S. Air Force officer has now revealed that an MQ-9 Reaper had secured the first ever air-to-air kill in a trail almost a year ago.

Col. Julian Cheater, commander of the 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada said to Military.com “Something that’s unclassified but not well known, we recently in November … launched an air-to-air missile against a maneuvering target that scored a direct hit. It was an MQ-9 versus a drone with a heat-seeking air-to-air missile, and it was direct hit … during a test.” He acknowledged that it`s the first-of-its-kind kill.

This comes months after USAF told that it was looking to provide some of the drones with the capability to take on aerial threats.

In the video, analyzes how American MQ-9 Reaper drone could take out Russian & Chinese fighter jets?

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