Drone - MQ-9 må finne vei til vårt Forsvar fort som f... - Stars & Stripes

 

Marine Reaper drone pilots patrolling Iranian activity in strategic waterways

By 

J.P. LAWRENCE  

STARS AND STRIPES • September 13, 2023

---

U.S. Marines load a boxed-up MQ-9 Reaper drone onto a cargo plane en route to the Middle East, in a photo released by Marine Corps Forces Central Command on Aug. 12, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps)

Marines are increasingly using Reaper drones to patrol Middle East waterways as part of a strategy to stop Iran’s seizures and harassment of tankers moving through some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

Drone pilots who spoke with Stars and Stripes said they’ve been patrolling the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow passage near Iran that U.S. agencies have deemed “the world’s most important oil transit chokepoint.”