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Unmanned airplanes. First drone strike for RAF in Iraq

Baiji, Iraq - An MQ-9 Reaper of the United Kingdom Air Force hit Isis militants in the north of the country

United Kingdom strikes against Isis in Iraq started on September 30, but these days’ news is that for the first time the RAF (Royal Air Force) used a drone in an attack mission. The Ministry of Defence stated on November 10 that during the weekend a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper unmanned airplane fired a Hellfire missile against caliphate militants that were laying improvised explosive devices near B...

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Rome, Italy, 11/11/2014 13:49
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