US Reaper Scam needs investigation

[Armand2REP]

New documents have come to light that anyone buying MQ-9 Predator/Reaper drones are getting ripped off by USA.

This document from China outlines a drone that costs 1/3rd the cost of the Reaper with better performance and 100% hit-kill probability in demonstrations. The drone in question is the Reaper clone CH-4 from CASC.

For $1.5 billion France is getting 16 of this garbage...


When it could get 30 of this for $700 million...

 

[asianobserve]

France, US are negotiating ISR capability for Reaper drones, official reveals

PARIS —

French and U.S. officials are conducting highly sensitive talks about fitting an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance pod on medium-altitude, long-endurance Reaper drones ordered by the French Air Force, an Armed Forces Ministry official said.

That acquisition of a U.S. kit and other planned orders are part of a French Air Force modernization effort set out in the recently announced 2019-2025 military budget law.

https://www.defensenews.com/intel-g...apability-for-reaper-drones-official-reveals/