(Deepshikha Gautam, Intern Journalist) London: The British Air Force has broken the back of ISIS with its drone strikes in Iraq and Syria. More than 1,400 ISIS terrorists have been killed in UK Royal Air Force (RAF) drone attacks in the last 6 years. The figure was released by the British Ministry of Defense on Saturday based on photographic evidence and debris left behind. All these airstrikes were carried out by the British Royal Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone). The big thing in these attacks was that no British Air Force personnel went to Syria or Iraq to execute them. All these attacks were carried out by Air Force personnel sitting in the command and control bunkers made in Britain. The UK has bought these drones from the US.
The Ministry of Defense reported that at least 4,107 flights of UK MQ-9 Reaper drones were operated since 2014. In the attacks in which the dreaded ISIS terrorist Mohammad Iwaji, also known as Jihadi John, was killed in the city of Raqqa, Syria.
This terrorist was notorious for slitting the throat of a large number of hostages. Only last month, UK Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could replace British troops in future warfare. After the successful execution of these attacks, the demand for increasing the number of drones in the British army has increased again. The British Secretary of Defense, who visited the UK’s newest naval ship HMS Tamar, said that now the global picture of war has changed. Enemies of the UK have already studied the country’s weaknesses and adapted faster than us.
General Atomics, the company that makes this drone, claims that it can fly for more than 27 hours. The MQ-9 reaper drone has a maximum speed of 444.5 km / h. It can fly up to 50,000 feet altitude, while simultaneously tracking 12 moving targets. The MQ-9 Reaper Drone is capable of lifting 1,746 kg. It can be easily configured with weapons. Electro-optical infrared, surveillance radar, multi-mode Maritim surveillance radar, Lynx multi-mode radar, electronic support mazers, and laser designators give it dangerous strength. This enables it to closely monitor enemies.
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