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UK Fleet of 657 UAS is Worth £4BN

The UK’s  £4billion fleet of 657  unmanned ­aircraft  is one of the largest in the world.
A Freedom of Information request found the biggest number of British UAS are the 324 Black Hornet Nano micro-helicopters, ­only four inches long and an inch wide (100x25mm).
The fleet also includes 10 Reaper MQ-9s, which are armed with Hellfire ­missiles plus laser-guided 500lb bombs and can hover 20,000ft above targets for more than 20 hours.
Then there are 222 Desert Hawks, plastic UAS with a 4ft 3in ­wingspan (1.3m). David Cameron held one on a visit to Afghanistan last June.

For tougher operations, 54 Watchkeepers can stay aloft for 17 hours. Nine more are due in service soon to ­replace ­ageing Hermes 450s. By ­contrast 30 Tarantula Hawks weigh just 20lbs apiece and are used as recce aides by bomb-disposal teams in Afghanistan.
Lastly there are eight ScanEagles, a specialist UAS being used in the ­campaign against Somali pirates.
UAS are likely to make up a third of all RAF working aircraft by 2030 but human rights groups fear they could be used to spy on the innocent public. The MoD declined to comment.
Source: Mirror