US War Stocks Getting Destroyed by War, Iran has Shot Down a Staggering 10% of US Reaper Drones
More than a dozen unmanned MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost in combat as part of operations against Iran, two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
The Reaper drones were lost either to Iranian missiles or were destroyed on the ground by incoming fire. . .
The loss of this number of Reapers is indicative of how many of these key unmanned aircraft must be operating as part of the U.S. operations against Iran.
The Air Force announced its final five-year purchasing contract for Reapers in 2020, and manufacturer General Atomics closed the production line last year after building 575 of them. The final lot cost about $16 million each when purchased in a batch of four, according to C. Mark Brinkley, a General Atomics spokesman. (Read more from “US War Stocks Getting Destroyed by War, Iran has Shot Down a Staggering 10% of US Reaper Drones” HERE)
