Reaper drops first bombs in anger
On Wednesday the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned attack vehicle dropped its first precision-guided bombs in anger, not long after the combat debut of

On Wednesday the General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned attack vehicle dropped its first precision-guided bombs in anger, not long after the combat debut of the MQ-9/Hellfire combination.

The Reaper has operated in Afghanistan since September 25, and by November 8 had flown 45 sorties. Its first combat strike occurred on October 27, when U.S. forces fired an AGM-114K Hellfire II laser-guided missile over Deh Rawod on enemy combatants.

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