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The Reaper Kits-up for Operation in Contested Airspace
« on: April 20, 2017, 09:25:18 am »
The Reaper Kits-up for Operation in Contested Airspace
By Tamir Eshel -
Apr 11, 2017 2089
 

For more than two decade unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operated by the U.S. armed forces are used mainly in asymmetric warfare, against irregular forces that do not pose serious threats to U.S. airpower. But in recent years the situation has changed. Irregular forces in many theaters are equipped with air defense assets. In many theaters missions are already flown in airspaces dominated by potentially hostile radars and air defenses. In the South China Sea, the Korean Peninsula, Yemen, Iraq and Syria, such environments would limit the usability of conventional drones, unless suitable mission systems and countermeasures are deployed.

http://defense-update.com/20170411_reaper_rwr.html
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