Now terror bases will be destroyed without going to PoK… Know why Predator drone is called ‘hunter-killer’

The world’s most dangerous drone is the MQ-9B Predator. India is buying 31 such drones from America. The deal is worth more than Rs 25,955 crore. All these drones will be given to the three armies of India. America has given a new proposal with this deal. America has said that it will provide technical advice and help to India in making powerful indigenous drones.

Defense experts believe that this proposal will help India to make its own dangerous indigenous drones. Currently, the drones that will come from America will be deployed at four places. INS Rajaji in Chennai, Porbandar in Gujarat. These will be operated by the Indian Navy. The Air Force and Army will operate them at Gorakhpur and Sarsawa Air Force Base. Because only these have such a long runway.

Also read: US is installing Mako hypersonic missiles in all its fighter jets, the situation of Russia and China will worsen

It will be easy to keep an eye on China’s Line of Actual Control, Ladakh and Arunachal Pradesh from Gorakhpur and Sarsawa bases. 15 drones will be for monitoring the sea areas. The rest will be deployed to monitor the borders of China and Pakistan.

Know the power of this amazing spy attacker

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed with this drone. America calls it a hunter-killer UAV. It is a long range endurance drone. It is equipped with air to ground missiles. Zawahiri’s base was attacked with the R9X Hellfire Missile fitted in it.

Also read: Delhi-Mumbai’s shield… India’s new Brahmastra AD-1 will foil every deadly attack of the enemy country

MQ 9 Predator is flown remotely. It is manufactured by the American company General Atomics. It can be sent for any kind of mission. Such as surveillance, spying, gathering information or attacking the enemy’s hideout stealthily. It is capable of monitoring for a longer time and from a higher altitude.

Range of 1900 km, flying with 1700 kg of weapons

Its range is 1900 KM. It can carry a weapon weighing 1700 KG. Two computer operators sitting at the ground station operate it like a video game. The length of this drone is 36.1 feet, wingspan is 65.7 feet, height is 12.6 feet. The empty weight of the drone is 2223 Kg.

Also read: Armenia can buy Indian missile Pralay to compete with Azerbaijan’s LORA missile, know the power of both the missiles

The drone has a fuel capacity of 1800 kg. Its speed is 482 km/hr. It can spot the enemy from a height of 50 thousand feet and attack him with a missile. It is usually flown at a height of 25 thousand feet.

Seven hardpoints… put missiles or bombs, or both

Missiles are installed on the MQ 9 Predator in the name of weapons. It has seven hard points, two inboard stations, two middle stations, one outboard station and a center station. It is equipped with 4 AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, which attack from air to ground with precision.

Also read: Indian Air Force’s Su-30MKI fighter jets will become ‘Super Sukhoi’, this is the preparation to increase the strength

Apart from this, two laser guided GBU-12 Paveway II bombs are also installed. Instead of these two, you can use different types of weapons on this drone. Like GBU-38, which is a joint direct attack ammunition. Apart from this, Brimstone missiles can also be installed. All missiles and bombs are used as per the need.