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The General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper drone

The MQ-9 Reaper drone is designed to operate at medium altitudes for long endurance missions. 

The unmanned drone can fly for up to 20 hours when it is unarmed or 12 hours when carrying weapons. 

It is used for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance and strike missions. 

It is able to remain above a target for long periods providing live data to its controllers on the ground station in the US or the UK. 

A separate team are responsible for arming and maintaining the weapons system 'in theatre'.  

The RAF Reaper drone can be equipped with four hellfire missiles as well as a pair of 500lb laser-guided bombs

The RAF Reaper drone can be equipped with four hellfire missiles as well as a pair of 500lb laser-guided bombs 

Powerplant: one 900shp Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop

Length: 36ft (10.97m)

Height: 12ft (3.66m)

Wingspan: 69ft 3½in (21.12m)

Maximum take-off weight: 10,500lb (4,760kg)

Maximum speed: 250kt (463km/h)

Endurance : 20 hours

Endurance (with weapons): more than 12 hours

Service ceiling : more than 50,000ft

Service ceiling (with weapons): more than 30,000ft

Armament: two 500lb GBU-12 laser-guided bombs and four AGM-114 Hellfire missiles

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