45 MQ-9 Reaper drones have been destroyed in the Iran war - a quarter of the fleet worth $1.3 billion obliterated

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Iran has destroyed dozens of Reapers, exposing America's costly drone vulnerability Forty-five Reapers lost represents roughly one-quarter of America's pre-war fleet Washington is buying replacement Reapers as battlefield losses continue mounting The United States has lost roughly a quarter of its entire MQ-9…

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