Colliding or being shot down? Two US drones crash in Syria

[global network reports trainee reporter Ma Yan] according to the “Military Times” website on August 18, a US military official said that two US drones collided and crashed over Syria that day. < / P > < p > on the same day, someone posted photos of the burning UAV on twitter. Some people speculate that this UAV model is the MQ-9 “Reaper” – a remote-controlled UAV, mainly used for combat, but also has the ability to monitor and collect intelligence, and was shot down. < / P > < p > it is not without precedent that the Reaper has been shot down. In June 2019, the Yemeni husai armed forces used the “sam-6” surface to air missile to shoot down a “Reaper”. According to the introduction, the MQ-9 Reaper UAV cruises at 230 miles per hour and is mainly equipped with agm-114 Hellfire missiles, gbu-12 Baoshi road laser guided bombs, and gbu-38 joint direct attack ammunition. (end)