|
Size: 2654
Comment:
|
Size: 2701
Comment:
|
| Deletions are marked like this. | Additions are marked like this. |
| Line 25: | Line 25: |
| || Payload || || Internal 360 kg External 1,400 kg || | || Payload ||<-2> || Internal 360 kg External 1,400 kg || |
| Line 39: | Line 39: |
| MQ-9 Powerplant : | MQ-9 Powerplant : Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop, 900 hp (671 kW) |
server-sky.com/OnKillingRemotely
On Killing Remotely
The Psychology of Killing with Drones
Lt. Col. Wayne Phelps (USMC Retired)
358.4 PHE Beaverton Library, 2021 Little, Brown Hachette 349 pg hardback
- pxiii LRE - Launch and Recovery Effort (ie Uzbekistan, Pakistan)
- pxiv Predator with integrated Hellfire missile, General Atomics San Diego plus CIA
- pxiv MCE - Mission Control Element (ie Ramstein Air Base Germany)
- pxvi AOC - Air Operations Center
- pxvi RPA - Remotely Piloted Aircraft
- pxvii 2019 Air force study, pstd 6.15% ... surveys 254 US and foreign service members
pxviii MQ-9 Reaper produced
MQ-1 Predator produced 1995-2018
|
MQ-1 |
MQ-1B |
MQ-9A |
Length |
28.2 m |
11 m |
|
Wingspan |
14.8 m |
16.8 m |
20 m |
Height |
2.1 m |
3.81 m |
|
Wing area |
11.5 m2 |
2,223 kg |
|
Aspect ratio |
19 |
4,760 kg |
|
Empty weight |
513 kg |
|
|
Gross weight |
1,020 kg |
|
|
Fuel capacity |
387 kg |
1,800 kg |
|
Payload |
|
Internal 360 kg External 1,400 kg |
|
Maximum speed |
217 km/h |
482 km/h |
|
Cruise speed |
130 km/h to 170 km/h |
313 km/h |
|
Stall speed |
100 km/h |
|
|
Range |
1250 km |
1900 km |
|
Endurance |
24 hours |
14 hours |
|
Service ceiling |
7,600 m |
15.4 km |
|
Operational altitude |
|
7.5 km |
|
Hardpoints |
2 for combination of |
7 (2 internal) |
|
|
2 × Hellfire (MQ-1B) |
||
|
4 × Stinger (ATAS) (MQ-1B) |
||
|
6 × Griffin |
||
MQ-1 Powerplant : Rotax 914F 4-cylinder air-cooled turbocharged horizontally-opposed piston engine, 115 hp (86 kW) MQ-9 Powerplant : Honeywell TPE331-10 turboprop, 900 hp (671 kW)
- p9 Bessemer: Rifled projectiles, then steel for strong barrels
p10 Commandant Claude-Étienne Minié ( Minié ball )