Carries bombs and rockets: Air Force Britain received UAVs with a range of more than 9000 km (photo)

To spread: the drone Protector RG MK1 has officially arrived in the royal military-air forces of Great Britain. Protector RG MK 1 (MQ-9b) is a successor to Reaper (MQ-9A) and is a new generation of remotely man-made medium-high aircraft of long flight duration (Male), the UK Air Force reported. "I congratulate our newest plane, which has arrived in the royal Air Force.

I am glad that the Protector royal Air Force has reached this important and historical milestone on its way to operations," said the Chief of Air Force of the UK Air Force, the main marshal of the Aviation Aviation. According to the UK Air Force, the MQ-9b is intelligence, observation, target detection, and shock operations. UAVs will be able to fly anywhere in the world, while it will be served by staff on the basis of royal Air Force in Vodarington.

The useful load of the aircraft consists of a complex set of sensors, including high -precision electro -optical infrared (IR) camera. In addition, the drone is the carrier of high -precision shock weapons - Brimstone (MBDA) rockets and laser -led Paveway IV (Raytheon UK) laser. The drone can fly up to 40,000 feet (about 12 kilometers) and has a flight duration of more than 30 hours.