Airborne 'top trumps' and reality are subtley different.
Sorry mate, I couldn't resist!
MODEL General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper McDonnell Douglas / BAe Systems AV-8B Harrier II Plus
ORIGIN United StatesUnited States/UK
CONTRACTOR General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Incorporated - USA McDonnell Douglas / Boeing - USA / BAe Systems - UK
TYPEUnmanned Aerial Vehicle V/STOL Strike Aircraft
SERVICE START 2004 1985
CREW 0 (2+ able to booze in Vegas!) 1 (with no mates and nowhere to booze!)
LENGTH 36.09 feet (11.00 meters) 46.33 feet (14.12 meters)
SPAN 65.94 feet (20.10 meters)30.35 feet (9.25 meters)
HEIGHT 36.09 feet (11.00 meters) 11.65 feet (3.55 meters)
EMPTY WT 3,695 pounds (1,676 kilograms)13,977 pounds (6,340 kilograms)
MTOW 10,494 pounds (4,760 kilograms)31,085 pounds (14,100 kilograms)
POWERPLANT 1 x Honeywell TPE331-10GD turboprop engine generating 900shp. 1 x Rolls-Royce Pegasus Mk 105 (F402-RR-408) vectored-thrust turbofan engine delivering 23,500lbf of horizontal thrust.
SPEED 250 kts 578 kts
RANGE (ENDURANCE UNREFUELLED) 1,878 miles (20hrs+) 1,367 miles (3hrs+)
CEILING 50,000 feet+ 50,000 ft
ARMAMENT/SENSOR
Mission-specific ordnance can include any combination of the following:
14x AGM-114 missiles
4x GBU-12
4x GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM)
6+ GBU-39B SDB (trial)
4x AIM92 AAM (trial)
2x AIM9M AAM (trial)
MTS-B EO/IR/LRD
Lynx SAR/GMTI
DB110 recce pod (trial)
SIGINT/ESM payload
AIS
Maritime Multi-Mode RADAR
Comms Relay
Other classified payloads
STANDARD GR9:
2 x 30mm ADEN cannons in underfuselage pod fairings (since removed).
OPTIONAL:
2x MK-82 500lb bombs
2x MK-83 1000lb bombs
2x PWIV 500lb laser-guided bombs
2x AGM-65F Maverick Infra-red Guided air-to-surface missiles.
2x AGM-65E Maverick Laser-Guided air-to-surface missiles.
4 x AIM-9M Sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles.
SNIPER Targeting POD
Source Websites: General-Atomics, Global Security, RAF, EGLIN AFB, air-attack, harrier.org.uk.
Pretty much a "dead-heat" and then I guess it comes down to the definition of "weapons effect" - if it is "single-shot blast effect" then GR-9 wins, if it is "effect on the enemy" then I opine that MQ-9 wins?
The B Word
(for what its worth - Nerd Alert!
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