Air-to-air missiles can expand MQ-9's role in high-end conflicts, experts say

By Rachel Cohen / November 15, 2018 at 5:15 PM
Arming MQ-9 Reapers with air-to-air missiles can prepare the remotely piloted aircraft for a future filled with enemy unmanned systems and for new roles in contested airspace, defense experts tell Inside Defense . "It's not a binary switch where every MQ-9 airborne is going to have an air-to-air missile capability but, depending upon the environment that it's being used in, it may be very appropriate," Dave Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies and a former Air Force...

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