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2018-01-28 Afghanistan
The U.S. Is Deploying A Huge Number Of MQ-9 Reaper Drones To Afghanistan
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Posted by newc 2018-01-28 03:09|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ]  Top

#1 Omar comin'!
Posted by Thor tse Tung8585 2018-01-28 06:05||   2018-01-28 06:05|| Front Page Top

#2 Chaos is coming. Mattis is going to collect scalps.
Posted by Betty Hatfield5124 2018-01-28 07:58||   2018-01-28 07:58|| Front Page Top

#3 Air space in the vicinity of the red line may soon become somewhat crowded.
Posted by Besoeker 2018-01-28 08:03||   2018-01-28 08:03|| Front Page Top

#4 It's almost as if Trump said next to nothing about military matters while we quietly re-armed ourselves, unlike Obozo who telegraphed 3/4 of our punches. I remember some talk a few years ago that we were running low on certain munitions. At least here, that doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
Posted by Raj 2018-01-28 08:46||   2018-01-28 08:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Nice map, Besoeker.
Posted by trailing wife 2018-01-28 09:59||   2018-01-28 09:59|| Front Page Top

#6 I'll be watching you
(Every breath you take, every move you make, every bond you break, every step you take)
I'll be watching you
(Every single day, every word you say, every game you play, every night you stay)
I'll be watching you
(Every move you make, every vow you break, every smile you fake, every claim you stake)
I'll be watching you …
Posted by Procopius2k 2018-01-28 10:15||   2018-01-28 10:15|| Front Page Top

#7 No sense in letting perfectly good Reapers collect dust. This is the best news I've seen in a long time. More please.
Posted by Tennessee 2018-01-28 15:13||   2018-01-28 15:13|| Front Page Top

#8 From the Special Forces Olympics to Droneapalooza 2018 Afghanistan has generated a lot of useful data.
Posted by Grunter 2018-01-28 15:19||   2018-01-28 15:19|| Front Page Top

#9 Trying to figure it out here is a 2016 map of drone squadrons. The count of even MQ-9's varies greatly between squadrons.
Squadron sheet from 2016
Low looks to be 12 Reapers per squadron high is 24 per squadron. That gives a low of 36 Reapers and a high of 72 Reapers in Kandahar.
Posted by 3dc 2018-01-28 18:31||   2018-01-28 18:31|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd rather unleash Reavers on them
Posted by Frank G 2018-01-28 19:09||   2018-01-28 19:09|| Front Page Top

#11 They are Reavers; hence the need for the Reapers.
Posted by V. E. Grong6401 2018-01-28 21:27||   2018-01-28 21:27|| Front Page Top

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