The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper is a widely-used, highly sophisticated, remotely-piloted aircraft that's used all over the world by the CIA and U.S. military.
, a highly sensitive, widely-used surveillance and weapons platform developed by General Atomics in San Diego.
The U.S. military says a Russian fighter plane clipped the propeller of the drone, forcing it to crash. Russia offered a very different account, claiming the American aircraft went down on its own. “It is a small prop plane that a Russian jet would be able to bump out of the air,” said Jesse Driscoll, a UC San Diego political scientist who has been studying the former Soviet Union and its neighbors for the past 20 years.“This is an important asset that can linger in the air for long periods of time and quietly perform surveillance. When it needs to refuel we send it back and replace it with another.
“They’ve been used for a long time by the CIA and the U.S. military to do anti-terrorism missions,” he said. “They’re used all over the world.”the drone can reach altitudes up to 50,000 feet and stay in the air for 27 hours. The drone also can be outfitted with laser-guided missiles.
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