As the US military scrambles to deal with a
U.S. spy drone lost in Iran, it was revealed that the U.S. Air Force has
bought a cutting edge, jet-powered stealth drone -- and plans its
immediate deployment in Afghanistan.
But the brand new drone -- an armed model
from General Atomics designed for strike as well as reconnaissance --
was ordered months ago, well before the crash of the stealthy
Lockheed-made RQ-170 Sentinel that remains in Iran, the USAF said in a
statement to aviation website FlightGlobal.
"This aircraft will be used as a test asset
and will provide a significantly increased weapons and sensors payload
capacity on an aircraft that will be able to fly to targets much more
rapidly than the MQ-9 [Reaper] UAS," the USAF said.
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