#mq-4

[kramlabs]

Reminder these are the really expensive ones…

UPDATE: $600+ million EACH, see bottom of post

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Also this:

. https://x.com/donaldgorbachev/status/2042363881285198198?s=46

[nocternalrandomness]

A US Navy MQ-4C Triton conducting an intelligence upgrade test flight - 29 July 2021

[kramlabs]

“The Houthis shot down the 12th Reaper drone (MQ-9 Reaper)”

“The second important point is that the US has a huge problem with reconnaissance assets on the modern battlefield. The story of getting rid of the Reapers is part of a more interesting process of the US abandoning large unmanned systems. The US has already gotten rid of the Predators (MQ-1 Predator), and in the next two years they will completely get rid of the Global Hawk (MQ-4 Global Hawk), and now there are only 9 of them left. Although they are all relatively new, the oldest was released in 2011. The price is from 140 to 260 million dollars per unit (the F-35 nervously smokes on the sidelines).”

American intelligence has decided to shake off the old ways

Article by Marat Khairullin

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“Several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in a reckless, environmentally unsound and unpr

"This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to being unsafe and unprofessional." ::: Commentary: There are still a numbe

[toocatsoriginals]

RQ-4/MQ-4/EQ-4 Global Hawk

Long article on the Global Hawk at Foxtrot Alpha.