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Predator - Killer Drone's Iraq Debut

blog.wired.com — The MQ-9 Reaper (pictured), a bigger version of the famed Predator drone, flew its first mission over Iraq on July 18, according to the Air Force. The armed Reaper deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 and first saw combat in the fall of that year. British officers compared the 5-ton bird to a "mini A-10." The Brits are buying around a dozen Reapers of t

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