An MQ-9 Reaper drone (File photo )
Britain’s
Ministry of Defence (MoD) has spent £4 billion ($6.5 billion) to amass a
force of 657 military drones despite the controversy over the secrecy
of its deadly drone strikes overseas, a new report reveals.
The fleet includes 10 MQ-9 Reaper drones, which are armed with
laser-guided bombs and Hellfire missiles and are capable to hover 20,000
feet above targets for over 20 hours, The Sunday People r eported.It also consists of some 324 Black Hornet Nano micro-helicopters, 222 Desert Hawk UAVs, 63 Watchkeeper drones, 30 Tarantula Hawks, and 8 ScanEagles.
The news comes a month after the MoD opened the doors of its
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