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autoevolution 1 May 2021, 7:34 UTC ·
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Ever since 2007, America’s enemies have an incredible piece of machinery to fear. It’s the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone, a hunter-killer that is also capable of remote surveillance. As of possibly this year, it’s capabilities will be getting even more frightening. 9 photos
Earlier in April, drone pilots from the Air Force’s 26th Weapons Squadron (WPS) got into their piloting stations in the U.S. and started commanding an MQ-9 drone located all the way in Europe. This was no ordinary Reaper, as it came equipped with something called RDESS.
RDESS stands for Reaper Defense Electronic Support System and it is described as