In historic first, MQ-9 Reaper released four 500lb precision guided munitions.

[Path-Finder]

In historic first, MQ-9 Reaper released four 500lb precision guided munitions, effectively destroying a Taliban narcotics facility in Helmand Province, #Afghanistan, Feb 22.

https://twitter.com/x/status/968100934751580165

 

[khansaheeb]

How did that work? One targeted and another dropped a bomb or did a plane target and the MQ-9 dropped the bomb.

 

[MastanKhan]

Hi,

What is historic is the amount of load the reaper carried. Drones have not carried this much load of bombs before---.

This is atypical load for an aircraft---.

 

[Suff Shikan]

In historic first, MQ-9 Reaper released four 500lb precision guided munitions, effectively destroying a Taliban narcotics facility in Helmand Province, #Afghanistan, Feb 22.

https://twitter.com/x/status/968100934751580165

Taliban's Narcotics ? US used Narcotics to gain profit, thats why Afghanistan is the top provider of Narcotics in the world

 

[cloud4000]

Hi,

What is historic is the amount of load the reaper carried. Drones have not carried this much load of bombs before---.

This is atypical load for an aircraft---.

For certain missions, having a pilot could be redundant. And with no pilot to think about, the options to use such drones will increase.

Taliban's Narcotics ? US used Narcotics to gain profit, thats why Afghanistan is the top provider of Narcotics in the world

All we know is someone is getting rich off this heroin. And like all drug trafficking, everybody gets a cut, be they the Taliban, CIA, NDS, warlords, etc.

 

[MastanKhan]

For certain missions, having a pilot could be redundant. And with no pilot to think about, the options to use such drones will increase.



All we know is someone is getting rich off this heroin. And like all drug trafficking, everybody gets a cut, be they the Taliban, CIA, NDS, warlords, etc.

Hi,

You got lost on what I commented about.

 

[Kompromat]

How dare the Taliban have a narcotics factory of their own? Why don't they just buy drugs from the CIA. They are just putting their competition out of business